Mr. Gordon is a painter and a writer, and once-upon-a-time avant-garde…
Although there is a great variety of subject, his work changes little in its basic vibe or its look. It does not lose for this steadiness, always containing simmering drama.
In the show of 63 artists, about 10 are working in this old-fashioned sense of painting. The one who addresses the art of painting in the purest and most complete way possible is James Little.
These shows confirm Willis’s preeminence even while his work already resides at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Guggenheim Museum.
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