Tag Archives: minimalist painting

Jan 6th, 2010

Anne Truitt @ hirshhorn — Washington DC

Anne Truitt @ hirshhorn — Washington DC

“Perception and Reflection” ended Jan 3

I’m irked and not all that surprised that I was not familiar with the work of Anne Truitt, an artist who created minimalist, colour field paintings in three-dimensional form at the same time as her more famous peers Kenneth Noland and Barnett Newman.  Such is the way of art history.  

Nov 19th, 2009

Kathryn Dain @ Peak Gallery

Kathryn Dain @ Peak Gallery

“Pulse” til Nov. 28

Admittedly, my first impressions of the work weren’t the best.  What is the big deal about a bunch of different colour rectangles on white?  Hasn’t this sort of minimalist painting been done to death?