
Piri Halasz writes about several current and recent painting exhibitions on view in Manhattan that together provide a sweeping view of abstraction over the last 70 years. The shows include: Conceptual Abstraction at Hunter College's Times Square Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland and Frank Stella at Mitchell-Innes & Nash (through November 24), Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper from the 1940s at the New York Studio School, curated by Karen Wilkin (through January 5), and Ronnie Landfield: Where It All Began at the Kenny Gallery, High School of Art & Design.
- Kenneth Noland
- David Reed
- Abstract Expressionism
- Abstraction
- Color Field Painting
- Morris Louis
- Conceptual
- Thomas Nozkowski
- Frank Stella
- Ronnie Landfield
- New York School
- Philip Taafe
- Peter Halley
- Stephen Westfall
- Jonathan Lasker
- Helen Frankenthaler
- John Zinsser
- Mary Heilmann
- David Diao
- Stephen Ellis
- Shirley Kaneda
- Ross Bleckner
- Lydia Dona
- Christian Eckhart
- Valerie Jaudon
- Richard Kalina
- Bill Komoski
- Sherrie Levine
- David Row
- Peter Schuyff