Stephen Rosenthal "06–08 Paintings"

Margarete Roeder Gallery

poster for Stephen Rosenthal "06–08 Paintings"

This event has ended.

Margarete Roeder Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings from the last two years by Stephen Rosenthal.

The half-dozen paintings that comprise the exhibition are moderate in scale and tone, seen from afar they present fractionally mottled planes executed in calm, recessive tones of beige or light gray. Only close examination can provide the viewer with the full understanding and experience these complex but not complicated paintings require.

Apparently irregular patches of closely-hued color reveal themselves to be carefully calibrated areas designed to provide equal but distinct importance to the planes and their edges. Eschewing the flashy bravura of high color and the facture of “masterly” impasto, the soft, almost benign color and barely inflected surface draw the viewer in— literally.

At first glance these works might appear austere, even resistant, the modest scale and liminal color challenge our faculties, but indeed it is the threshold that these works create that permit us an experience both coloristic and spatial, perceptual and cerebral.

Media

Schedule

from April 04, 2008 to May 24, 2008
Opening Reception: April 4, 6–8 pm.

  • Facebook

    Reviews

    All content on this site is © their respective owner(s).
    New York Art Beat (2008) - About - Contact - Privacy - Terms of Use