An exhibit of the work of both the elder Lasansky and his youngest son, Tomás, the show brings the direct connections between the two artists’ work to the foreground, but it also emphasizes the differences. In a more subtle way, the show points out how time, generational differences and stylistic choices can, despite the weight of influence, make clearly similar works so distinct in their impact.

At a time when most artists turned away from the figure, Tomas Lasansky focused his full attention on the complex contours of the human form, and most recently, the faces of American icons.

“The universe is concentrated in a human being,” Lasansky has said. “A picture is like people — an accumulation of different moments at one time.”

ASPEN — Tomás Lasansky was born into a privileged position in the art world. The members of the Lasansky family who are prominent in the arts only begin with his father, the Argentinean-born Mauricio Lasansky, who is considered one of the fathers of American printmaking.