ABSOLUTE ABSTRACTION
- February 28, 2011 07:59
American Paintings, Sculpture, and Works on Paper, 1942-1972.
Absolute Abstraction is on view through March 12. Works in this extensive, wide-ranging show date from Josef Albers’ classic lithograph, Prefatio, 1942, to James Daugherty’s pastel, Synchromist Compostion, 1972. Also included are cubist works by Fannie Hillsmith, painterly expressionist pieces by Hugh Mesibov, op art by Bernard Rosenquit, Indian Space by Howard Daum, and those by Fred Becker and Hans Burkhardt that touch on the surreal. A strong selection of Atelier 17 students and teachers includes Minna Citron, Worden Day (with a giant power tool-generated woodcut), Dorothy Dehner, Sue Fuller, Peter Grippe, Anne Ryan, and her teacher, Louis Schanker. Also represented are Charles Burchfield, Edmond Casarella, Riva Helfond, Dorothy Browdy Kushner, George Morrison (a rare native American artist of this generation), Jean Morrison Becker, Fred Shane, Mitchell Siporin, Howard Thomas, and Ansei Uchima.
The entire show may be viewed under Exhibitions or Current at WWW.SUSANTELLERGALLERY.COM