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In the early 1960s the popularity of Abstract Expressionism waned in favor of new modes of abstraction that arrived through a succession of museum and gallery exhibitions as well as articles in the mainstream press that continued through the decade. Post- painterly Abstraction, Color Field, Op Art, Hard-Edge, Lyrical Abstraction—these are names of some but not all of the various fractures that Abstraction experienced during this time. There are clear as well as arguable differences among these genres, but central to them all is one factor—an emphasis on color.

Colorscope features a selection of paintings, mostly from the Museum’s permanent collection, that reveal innovative ways in which color was made essential during the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. The exhibition features a range of artists—from influential figures to under-recognized talents—manipulating hues that ebb, flow, blend, undo, and inspire. Artists include Richard Anuszkiewicz, Alice Baber, Jerrold Burchmann, Roy Colmer, Dan Christensen, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Edie Ellis Danieli, Ron Davis, John Ferren, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Larry Poons, Ernest Posey, Bridget Riley, and others.