Jonathan Lasker "Sketchbooks"
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Jonathan Lasker’ sketchbooks reveal the initial stage of his process the proto-permutations of the glyphs, color fields and arrangements that will later occupy his finished work. Some motifs are cursory, notational and tentative while others show Lasker to be marching decisively towards fully formed pictures that strongly resemble his finished paintings. If Jonathan Lasker’s small oil studies on cardboard are like the rehearsals for his paintings, his sketchbooks are like the casting couch. From page to page Lasker evolves his images, colors, lines and compositions; for viewers familiar with Lasker’s work it is interesting to turn the pages and try and recognize images that made the cut. An exhibition of paintings dating from 1977-1985 opens at Cheim and Read on February 23rd. Spending time with these sketchbooks is good groundwork to see this show of his seminal early work.
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from January 06, 2012 to March 10, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-01-06 from 17:00 to 19:00