Dana Gordon
Articles
Notes and Reflections on Rothko in Paris
IdeelArt
Dana Gordon reflects on a recent visit to the Mark Rothko retrospective at The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Gordon observes that the 1950s paintings “are [Rotho’s] best. They have the most full expression of color possible. I found them easy to look at, drawing me to them, and they made me want to look […]
On Hans Hofmann & Nicolas de Staël
The New Criterion
Dana Gordon links the evolution of Hans Hofmann’s abstract expressionist paintings of the 1950s to the influence of Nicolas de Staël, whose work was prominent and popular in New York galleries at that time. Gordon asserts: “Both Hofmann and de Staël championed the life of abstract forms, the communicative presence of the material of paint, […]
The Late 1960s, Working for Tony Smith and George Sugarman
Painter Dana Gordon pens a recollection of working as a studio assistant to Tony Smith and George Sugarman in the late 1960s.