Al Held: Works on paper, 1960 鈥� 1989
McClain Gallery is pleased to open Al Held: Works on Paper, 1960 鈥� 1989, a focused exhibition of the artist鈥檚 drawings. Spanning almost three decades, the works trace the evolution of Held鈥檚 painting practice during this period, reflecting the gradual shifts and refinements in his approach. These changes are made evident in the different functions drawing and sketching came to play for the artist, first as a warm-up exercise and research tool to find new shapes and approaches into the pictorial plane, then as a preparatory tool for the immensely complex late paintings.
Known for his keen spatial abstraction, Al Held succeeds the New York school Abstract Expressionists closely. Expressive geometric shapes make up his early work - loose and gestural but with an eye toward the Platonic. Slowly, Held introduces 鈥渞estrictions鈥� into his practice, rules that allowed him to push the history of modern painting.
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McClain Gallery is pleased to open Al Held: Works on Paper, 1960 鈥� 1989, a focused exhibition of the artist鈥檚 drawings. Spanning almost three decades, the works trace the evolution of Held鈥檚 painting practice during this period, reflecting the gradual shifts and refinements in his approach. These changes are made evident in the different functions drawing and sketching came to play for the artist, first as a warm-up exercise and research tool to find new shapes and approaches into the pictorial plane, then as a preparatory tool for the immensely complex late paintings.
Known for his keen spatial abstraction, Al Held succeeds the New York school Abstract Expressionists closely. Expressive geometric shapes make up his early work - loose and gestural but with an eye toward the Platonic. Slowly, Held introduces 鈥渞estrictions鈥� into his practice, rules that allowed him to push the history of modern painting.
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