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19/6/2001

Abstract

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York

A group exhibition of six painters not widely known within the milieu of the New York art world. Their work represents a variety of formats and styles of paint application as well as diverse points of reference; contributing additional voices to the seemingly never-ending dialogue about abstract painting.

Paul Brown’s obsessively marked canvases are reminiscent of paintings by Yayoi Kusama, Richard Pousette-Dart, and Georges Seurat. Paint is dabbed on, scraped off and re-applied in rich, textured layers. Occasionally, the surface is excavated in patches to reveal the color of previous strata, adding to the painting’s luminosity.

Peter Coe’s canvases are reminiscent of hard-edged,"neo-geo" imagery. Yet upon closer inspection, one sees that the painted surface is not necessarily as "hard-edged" as it appears; the artist's hand being ever present in the mark making. Low relief forms that appear to be fabricated are, in fact, built-up surfaces of paint that are meticulously sanded, and then over-painted. Coe’s "conduits" are more akin to branches of roughly, brushed ridges of paint. Most recently Coe's work appeared in "Greater New York" at P.S. 1 in February of 2000.

Shoshana Dentz’s work combines an interest in obsessive pattern and mark making with a love of abstract painting techniques. Archetypal shapes and forms emerge through translucent layers, making the picture-plane a series of added veils. Dentz exhibited most recently in a group show of works on paper at Brent Sikkema in the summer of 2000 and in a "White room" at White Columns in 1998

Dennis Hollingsworth utilizes a historical painting technique called alla prima which involves a "wet into wet" impasto paint application. Working within the drying time of the paint, it is smeared, flung, troweled, shaped, flattened, and printed on to the surface. Hollingsworth combines body-oriented gestures with the intimacy of collage; rendering surfaces that are both vibrant and delicate.

Joyce Kim, like Hollingsworth, "constructs" her paintings. Drips, pours, and splatters are first done on glass surfaces then attached to a monochrome background. Perhaps the most quotational of the group, her work embraces the techniques of abstract painting, combining these sometimes-disparate effects into elegant pictures. Most recently, Kim has had a one person show in the project space at Artists Space.

Gary Petersen’s buoyant and colorful abstractions suggest a figurative point of departure. Anthropomorphic gestures and shapes create an ever-shifting balance between figuration and abstraction, becoming cartoons of what "abstract" paintings are perceived to be. Petersen’s work was most recently exhibited at IM n IL Gallery in Brooklyn.

Organized by Bruce Hackney

Image: Gary Petersen, Look Out, 2000, Oil on canvas, 44 X 28 inches (all rights reserved)

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New York, NY, 10001
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