Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s

Featuring works drawn entirely from the Museum’s collection, “Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s” includes artworks by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sherrie Levine, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel—as well as by several lesser-known painters.

These artists explored the traditions of figuration and history painting, and offered new interpretations of abstraction. Many addressed fundamental questions about art making in their work, while others took on political issues including AIDS, feminism, gentrification, and war.