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He ran Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art gallery in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tabletop scene — breakfast dishes, coffee, the morning clutter rendered in bold, saturated color with the energy of a pinball machine. Rosenthal pushes still life painting into something louder and more physical than the genre usually allows. Mixed media on panel. The composition is packed and buzzing. 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Vivid blue floor, ochre wall, the Electrolux sitting in the middle of a room like a still life from a house where the cleaning never quite gets finished. Rosenthal pulls the monotype in one pass. The medium forces decisiveness. What goes down stays down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Rosenthal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048717828234,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/6564\/0074\/files\/318b184b33b0724b2306b88e1df0836e.jpg?v=1757794062"},{"product_id":"self-portrait-as-the-virgin-mary","title":"Self Portrait as the Virgin Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Rosenthal (American, b. 1946, California)\u003cbr\u003eSelf Portrait as the Virgin Mary, 2008\u003cbr\u003eFabric, stuffing, photo transfer, mixed media\u003cbr\u003e18 × 8 × 8 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosenthal studied at CalArts in the 1970s with John Baldessari, Allan Kaprow, and Nam June Paik. 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