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Let’s Make Dallas Even Better

Six Painting Bedfellows

By Peter Simek Published in Arts & Entertainment April 12, 2011 3:47 pm

  1. Günter Förg

    Untitled 04, B 01222, 2004 at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art

  2. David Goerk

    [Title unknown] at Howard Scott Gallery

  3. Sadie Benning

    Wipe, rust-oleum Flat Black and Rustoleum Hi Gloss Harbor Blue, 2011 at Callicoon Fine Arts

  4. Otis Jones

    Two Black Lines With White Tips, 2012 at William Campbell Contemporary Art, Inc.

  5. Bret Slater

    Ebb, 2012 at Marty Walker Gallery

  6. Frederick Hammersley

    Early, 1963 at Franklin Parrasch Gallery

Comments

  • Formal geometric abstraction does seem to have expressive limitations. It’s hard to imagine these paintings looking like anything more than austere eye candy once they end up on a collector’s guest bedroom wall.