John Moore

Concurrent with the artist's solo exhibition of recent works on paper, A Window Into Something Else exhibition features a selection of paintings by American realist John Moore. These oil paintings spanning from the late 1970s to 2021 feature the artist's poetic realist renderings of still lifes, landscapes, and architecutral views using his unique blend of realism and illusionism. The show's title echoes words by the late filmmaker David Lynch, quoted by Moore: "I'll look at a thing and see a window into something else."

John Moore (b. 1941) was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and spent much of his career in Philadelphia. He is the former Gutman Professor of Fine Arts in the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as chair of the department for ten years. He previously headed the graduate painting program at Boston University, and taught at the Tyler School of Art of Temple University and the University of California, Berkeley. At Washington University he completed his BFA and went on to receive an MFA from Yale University. Moore was elected to the National Academy of Design and has been honored several times by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His paintings are included in major collections such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and many others. The artist has exhibited with the gallery since 1976.

This exhibition will be on view in the second floor gallery and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10am – 6pm.