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Flack airbrushed the vanitas — hot pink lipstick and varnished fruit pushed to a sheen that made the symbolism harder, not softer, to take seriously.

Audrey Flack

Painter · Photorealism · 1931–2024

American Photorealist whose vanitas still lifes mirrored airbrushed pastries, hot pink lipsticks, and varnished fruit.

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Flack airbrushed the vanitas — hot pink lipstick and varnished fruit pushed to a sheen that made the symbolism harder, not softer, to take seriously.

American Photorealist whose vanitas still lifes mirrored airbrushed pastries, hot pink lipsticks, and varnished fruit.

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