Ideal: Selections from the American Abstract Artists
Metaphor Contemporary Art
Brooklyn, NY
June 22 – July 31, 2005
Curated by Rene Lynch
Ideal was an overview of abstraction, drawn from the membership of American Abstract Artists. The 25 artists exhibited all share common ground in the conceptualization and execution of their work. Their work differs in their individual interests: architectural concerns, minimalism, optical phenomena, process, gesture, mark making, materiality and the ephemeral nature of light. The artists who exhibited in Ideal are committed to an abstract art practice that communicates directly through the experience of pure visual information.
Exhibition Images
Gallery entrance with work by John Phillips
(l to r) works by Gail Gregg, Marvin Brown (on desk), Babe Shapiro,
Rossana Martínez (floor)
(l to r) works by Babe Shapiro, Rossana Martínez (floor), James Juszczyk,
Matthew Deleget, Alice Adams (pedestal), Don Voisine
(l to r) works by James Juszczyk, Matthew Deleget, Don Voisine,
Vincent Longo, Alice Adams (pedestal), Marthe Keller
(l to r) works by Marthe Keller, Julian Jackson, Nola Zirin, Siri Berg,
David Row
(l to r) works by Ward Jackson, Rossana Martínez (floor), Phyllis Ideal
(l to r) works by Phyllis Ideal, Stephen Westfall, Gail Gregg,
Marvin Brown (on desk)
(l to r) works by Cecily Kahn, Martin Ball, Sharon Brant, Heidi Gluck,
Michael Brennan, Creighton Michael
(l to r) works by Gabriele Evertz, Cecily Kahn, Martin Ball, Sharon Brant,
Heidi Gluck, Michael Brennan
Gallery stairwell with work by Ken Bushnell