Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Presents Defying Gravity

Book excerpt: "The centenary of the Wright Brother's outlandish feat prompted the North Carolina Museum of Art to organize an exhibition celebrating their creativity. The show and this accompanying, fully illustrated publication show how the human obsession with flight has provided fertile ground for contemporary artists working in disparate media." "Works by artists ranging from Panamarenko and Malcolm Morley to Albert Chong and Vera Lutter illustrate the protean response flight has engendered. The exhibition notes the paradoxical gifts of technology and the psychic benefits of fantasy concoctions (hybrids merging man, machine and natural fliers like birds, bats and butterflies)." - book jacket.