The full title of this article by the Artnet Gallery Network is “7 Questions for Gallerist David Nolan on Curating a Dynamic, Seductive Booth at Art Basel Miami Beach.” The New York-based gallery returns to the international fair “with a diverse range of art and artists.” Included in this group of artists is David Hartt,…
I can think of few other artists who, through the process of painting, are willing to place their work in jeopardy by denying the viewer a definition or resolution.
These works’ pictorial strategies, and others from the 1970s on, though their initial effects are still op, align them with many of the now marginalized practices of post-50s hardedge and geometric abstract art. With this insight, I realized Riley’s practice extends beyond her association with Op art and that her work can be contextualized within the broader aesthetic discourses of early and late modernism.