Fred Spratt News Today

Organized by Rory Padeken, curator The circle and the square. Verticals, swoops, and folds. Flat planes and sensuous surfaces. Colors bright and vibrant. During the late 1950s and 60s, artists began to diverge from the painterly, gestural approaches of Abstract Expressionism in favor of what the American art critic Clement Greenberg in 1964 called "post-painterly abstraction." Artists moved in a variety of directions, some in pursuit of paintings pure in color and open in composition while othe...

Break + Bleed to Open at San José Museum of Art on June 4, 2021 SAN JOSE, California Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid Josef Albers, “White Line Squares XIII,” 1966–1970. Lithograph on paper, 21 x 21 inches. Gift of the Docent Council. 1979.06. “Break + Bleed” on view at San José Museum of Art June 4, 2021–January 31, 2022. San José Museum of Art New exhibition will feature artists who exemplify the spirit of post-painterly...