A selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and photographs in the classic combination of black and white (maybe a touch of silver or red). Catherine Howe Carborundum and Silver (Mantis), 2016 Acrylic, encaustic, metal leaf, carborundum grit on canvas 48" x 36" Copyright © Catherine Howe Erik H Gellert Awaken, 2016 Ceramic and housepaint 21" x 13" x 16" Copyright © Erik H Gellert Click here to go to the artwork Peter Demos Untitled (Larg

Rakuko Naito, RN1468-64, 1964, Acrylic and metallic acrylic on linen, 68" x 68" Op Infinitum: ‘The Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After May 29 - July 6, 2015 Opening reception with the curators: Friday, May 29, 5:00 - 7:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC Railyard Arts District 544 South Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 p 505-983-9555 | f 505-983-1284 www.DavidRichardGallery.com David Richard Gallery Presents “Op Infinitum: ‘The Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After”, Fe

Click here to view catalog THE RESPONSIVE OTHER EYE: OPTICAL ABSTRACTION IN AND OUT OF MOMA By Peter Frank “The Responsive Eye,” the New York Museum of Modern Art’s controversial 1965 survey of a new kind of “optical” abstraction, was not the instigator, or even definer, of this abstraction, but merely its critical and popular apotheosis. I say “merely” because the MOMA exhibition – a result of several years of research and travel by curator William C. Seitz – served neither

Click here to view catalog FRAME FOLLOWS FORM: THE SHAPED PAINTING IN AMERICAN ABSTRACTION By Peter Frank After the Second World War, American artists fell into a frenzy of formal experimentation. At first dominated by the theater of metaphysical narrative that defined abstract expressionism, this trajectory of extravagant invention took a more formal turn around 1960 The production of imagery gave way to the production of unencoded, optically self-sufficient structures, man

Click here to view article Charles Hinman's pieces defy the subtle borders between paintings and sculptures. His canvasses are stretched into the realm 3D, his paint is applied thick, and his composition involves a sense of optical illusion. David Richard Contemporary featured a bunch of his work in their booth at 2012 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair. And it was great to see everyone digging their eyes into each piece with a love of their beauty, cleanliness, and liveliness. Argo