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In this suite of paintings by Julia Garcia, the American Dream seems to be wavering in and out of focus. The images hum with a peculiar familiarity, invoking the ubiquitous stock photography of advertisements which underpin idyllic traditional interactions and values—a girl is fitted for shoes in a store, a group of students gather with text books around a globe. The photographic source material is drawn from ads, stock photos, magazine clippings, and thrifted family photo albums. Garcia offers them up for questioning on the canvas, and the effect is one of subjects that seem to be lodged in …