Gerhard Richter at GAGOSIAN Thornton Dial at JAMES FUENTES

James Kalm enjoys bringing viewers along for his pedaling peregrinations through the streets of New York, and the byways of art history. This pairing of “Cage Paintings” by Gerhard Richter and, “Paintings 1990-1998” by Thornton Dial, contrasts two of the most revered and influential artists of the late twentieth century. One would be hard pressed to find artists who are more diametrically opposed than Richter and Dial. With backgrounds that are worlds apart, they are linked in their ambition, and coincidentally in a persistent use of the color gray. With the “Cage Paintings” Richter extends his technique of “squeegee painting” to mural sized, calling attention to their fabrication and how the physical properties of oil paint transmute at that giant scale.
Dial’s works from the 1990s reveal an intuitive yet sophisticated handling of form, subject and color verging on the Abstract Expressionistic. Despite the brutal physicality, and use of abject materials employed in these pieces, the artist nevertheless achieves a poignant poetic quality. This program was recorded June 18, and 20, 2021. #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk #kalmsees

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