Thursday, February 17, 2011

Absolute Abstraction


James Daugherty, Synchromist Compositon, 1972, 6 x 12 inches
Absolute Abstraction is now on view through March 12, 2011. Paintings, sculpture, and works on paper include Josef Albers’ classic lithograph, Prefatio, 1942, Hugh Mesibov’s enormous oil, Spontaneous Landscape, 1957, and James Daugherty’s pastel, Synchromist Compostion, 1972. Also represented are Fred Becker, Charles Burchfield, Hans Burkhardt, Edmond Casarella, Minna Citron, Worden Day, Howard Daum, Dorothy Dehner, Sue Fuller, Peter Grippe, Riva Helfond, Fannie Hillsmith, Dorothy Browdy Kushner, George Morrison, Jean Morrison Becker, Bernard Rosenquit, Anne Ryan, Louis Schanker, Fred Shane, Mitchell Siporin, Howard Thomas, and Ansei Uchima.