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"  When we speak of early avant-garde artists we often refer to those who are ubiquitous, including the likes of Duchamp, Matisse and Picasso. The artist Walt Kuhn, who is equally worthy of recognition, often goes unmentioned, despite the striking appeal of his modernist portraits. An upcoming exhibition at the DC Moore Gallery surfaces the myriad major works by Kuhn that have been stored in private collections and out-of-state museums for decades. The exhibition coincides perfectly with the centennial of the 1913 Armory Show, notable for bringing Europe&amp;#039;s avant-garde works to the States, some for the very first time and many curated by Kuhn himself. One of the first art fairs to oppose the art world&amp;#039;s penchant for stuffy formality, the Armory Show played a perfect host to Kuhn&amp;#039;s conspicuous and psychologically jarring paintings, which often take theater and circus performers as their subject matter. A man before his time, Kuhn presaged the more audacious present by framing these outcasts within the &amp;quot;higher art&amp;quot; of painting. The opening reception of Walt Kuhn: American Modern will be held on February 7 at the DC Moore Gallery. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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