The Phoenix Art Museum (PhxArt) presents Eric Fischl: Stories Told, organized by PhxArt and guest curated by Heather Sealy Lineberry, Curator Emeritus at the Arizona State University Art Museum. The major exhibition explores several notable series created by the figurative painter from the late 1970s to today, foregrounding his career-long commitment to depicting the human figure amid middle-class suburban settings inspired by his childhood and personal experiences.

Eric Fischl: Stories Told brings together approximately 40 large-scale works that prominently display Fischl’s astounding consistency in and commitment to painting the human form within the context of middle-class America.

Organized into four thematic sections, the exhibition showcases Fischl’s well-known early paintings and works on paper in conversation with paintings from series created later in Fischl’s career, including Late America, My Old Neighborhood, Presence of an Absence, Complications from an Already Unfulfilled Life, Melancholia, and Hotel Stories.

The sections are defined by their key compositional element—the human body—depicted alone, in a couple, as part of a family, or in a crowd. This straightforward approach underlines Fischl’s constant consideration of the relationship between individual and collective identities, and highlights recurring themes throughout his career.

STORIES TOLD
ERIC FISCHL
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA
Through 14 June 2026

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