Post Painterly Now

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20+ artists explore the "post painterly abstraction" genre, a term coined by art critic Clement Greenberg in the 1960s.

<h1><em>Post Painterly Now</em></h1><h3>Opening Reception</h3><h3>Thursday, June 17th</h3><h3>6:00 PM - 8:00 PM</h3><h3>508 W 28th Street , New York, NY</h3><h3></h3><p>This is a socially distant opening event. Masks must be worn at all times in the gallery.</p><p></p><p>In mid-century art movements, one school emerged that was defined by what it was not. Post-painterly abstract artists eschewed the emotive brushwork and dramatic drips of abstract-expressionism to deal more purely in shape, line and color. In 1964, Clement Greenberg brought together 31 such artists, headlined by the likes of Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, and Kenneth Noland. These artists sought a kind of flatness, imbuing their canvases with color and form in soak stains and shape-oriented compositions rather than asserting it in superficial layers and strokes. </p><p>Presented by Sugarlift, <em>Post Painterly Now </em>surveys 20+ artists putting forth such shapes and colorfields in an age that’s perhaps even more accustomed to this flatness—viewing the world as we do through smartphone frames at scroll-speed. Post Painterly Now artists investigate whether color and shape contained within rectangle framing—on canvas, paper and yes, sometimes onscreen—can reclaim and put forth deep engagement again.</p>

<p>Edward Granger, <a href="https://www.sugarlift.com/l/california-dreamin/60b55221-aab3-42c1-8a33-859c3033a074" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><em>California Dreamin',</em></a><em> </em>2021</p>

<p>Will Hutnick, <a href="https://www.sugarlift.com/l/changing-faster-than-the-weather/60ac34db-14d9-4efe-805f-baf7d972d9b2" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><em>Changing Faster than the Weather</em></a><em>, </em>2021</p>

<p>Brett Flanigan, <em>Sunrise on the Wrong Side, </em>2019</p>

<p>CHIAOZZA, <em>Juggling with Pasta, </em>2018</p>

<p>Audrey Stone, <a href="https://www.sugarlift.com/l/shadow-valley-3/60b0381a-d9c7-4469-9479-4e4b3416ade2" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><em>Shadow Valley 3,</em></a><em> </em>2020</p>

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