Cara Perlman, Maggie Smith, Finger-Paint on Finger-Paint Paper, 1981

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16 x 20 inches

Maggie Smith was the founder of Tin Pan Alley, which she ran from 1978 to 1988. For more information and photographs of the bar, visit Keri Pickett’s webpage Tin Pan Alley Live.

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Cara Perlman

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Cara Perlman: Finger-Paint Portraits, Tin Pan Alley, 1981–82
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Perlman’s portraits, executed with a painting method typically used by children, fit broadly into the 1980s wave of neo-expressionism but they go way beyond that context.