Lancaster, Pa.
The “Don Perlis: Narrative Reborn” exhibition at the
Lancaster Museum of Art in
Lancaster, Pa., celebrates the
career of Perlis, a well-known
New York figurative painter
who was associated with the
New Realism school of art in
the 1970s. His lushly painted,
large-scale canvases draw
inspiration from contemporary events, literature, theater
and, most recently, opera. In
this exhibition Perlis’ paintings address urban issues
such as the subway vigilante
Bernard Goetz, literary characters such as Florentino Ariza
from Gabriel García Marquez’s
Love in the Time of Cholera,
and scenes inspired by Don
Giovanni, Tosca, La Traviata
and Madame Butterfly. Through
Nov. 20. Lmapa.org
Madame Butterfly, courtesy of the Lancaster Museum of Art
