Thick & thin: Hans Hofmann: in 1963, Hans Hofmann donated 47 major paintings to the University of California at Berkeley. A touring show of works from this group reminds us of the challenges and pleasures of pure painting.

Art in America | December 1, 2002| | Copyright

Providing an opportunity to reevaluate one of the greatest influences on Abstract Expressionism, the show "Hans Hofmann--Paintings from the 1960s: The Berkeley Art Museum Collection" couldn't have come at a better time. While the tragic events of Sept. 11, the crisis in the Middle East and the financial fallout from corporate scandals have together cast the country into a dour and fearful mood, Hofmann's paintings provide a momentary respite. Exuberant color and painterly indulgence remind us of a time when painting was conscientiously (and unapologetically) disconnected ...

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