No More Rectangles?

Please join us on Thursday, December 4th at 6:30 pm for a panel discussion featuring Sharon Butler, Gwenaël Kerlidou, Saul Ostrow, and David Rhodes.ˆ¨¨

Free and open to the public. Seats are first come, first served. RSVP does not guarantee a seat.

The discussion “No More Rectangles?” will use the exhibition as a starting point for an exploration of how artists have sought to rethink abstract painting’s material presence and the ways it engages the viewer phenomenologically—by emphasizing process, materiality, and physical presence. Taking this as their point of departure, the panel will also question dominant models and why alternative approaches have not been historically prioritized. In discussing such themes, the panel will also address how abstract painting can continue to critically model our experience of space, perception, and thought, and how it reflects our social, cultural, and political condition.

Our panelists are artists/ writers whose work engages these questions from distinct but intersecting perspectives:

• Sharon Butler: Artist, writer, and publisher of the influential art blog Two Coats of Paint; originator of the term "new casualism" in contemporary abstraction.
• Gwenaël Kerlidou: French painter based in Brooklyn; occasional reviewer of abstract painting exhibitions for Tussle Magazine.
• Saul Ostrow: Critic, curator, and editor known for his writings on abstract art and the material conditions of art and theory; co-founder of Critical Practices Inc. and curator of the Building Models series.
• David Rhodes: New York-based artist and writer; awarded a Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2023, with a recent solo exhibition at High Noon Gallery (2024); regular contributor and Editor-at-Large for The Brooklyn Rail.

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