Lee Mullican Exhibition
James Cohan Gallery
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James Cohan presents an exhibition of paintings by the late California artist Lee Mullican (1919-1998) in the Chelsea gallery space. The exhibition will feature paintings and drawings from the late 1950s through the 1960s. An exhibition of paintings produced by Mullican between 1949 and 1961 will be on view at Susan Inglett Gallery, located at 522 West 24 Street, from April 28 through June 4.
Mullican’s paintings are a uniquely West Coast exploration into abstraction; one that is grounded in content, full of mysticism and connections to the transcendent. Mullican describes, “We were involved with a kind of meditation, and for me this had a great deal to do with the study of nature, and the study of pattern…We were dealing with art as a way of meditation.” This outlook was in contrast to the heroic, action-driven work made by their contemporaries, the New York School of Abstract Expressionists, on the East Coast.
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Schedule
from May 12, 2016 to June 18, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-05-14 from 17:00 to 19:00