Gary Petersen at Michael Steinberg.(paintings exhibition)

From: Art in America | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Maine, Stephen | Copyright information

Rooted in abstract forms that allude to figuration and in stolid forms that aspire to weightlessness, Gary Petersen's intriguingly contradictory artistic personality is so familiar to observers of New York abstraction that it is hard to believe that this was his first solo show here since his 1992 "White Room" project at White Columns. Titled "Colossal Youth," this convincing presentation of new work shows him refining his blend of assured drawing, cool, smooth surfaces and suave c...

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