James Hilleary at Gregory.(New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article) From: Art in America | Date: November 1, 1996| Author: Ebony, David | COPYRIGHT 1996 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This recent exhibition presented 16 paintings and works on paper produced over the past 20 years by James Hilleary, a member of the so-called Washington Color School. This group of abstractionists, which included Gene Davis, Tom Downing and Howard Mehring, among others, shared a technique which involved staining unprimed canvas with oil-based Magna, the first acrylic paint. While a number of artists in the group enjoyed national reputations, Hilleary rarely showed outside Washington,...