Hyperallergic John Yau October 12, 2019 During her lifetime, Sonia Gechtoff was feted on the West Coast and for many years showed her work in New York, but the art world has yet to adequately address her achievement. Sonia Gechtoff, who lived in San Francisco from 1951 until 1959, actively contributed to the burst of abstract painting that became a worldwide phenomenon in the late 1940s and ‘50s, with the rise of Abstract Expressionism in San Francisco and New York City,

Hyperallergic August 11, 2017 An exhibition of works by Gabriele Evertz and Sanford Wurmfeld demonstrates that color theory and painting can arrive at very different conclusions. Sanford Wurmfeld, “II – 18 + B/2 (YGY-VBV/Ys + Vt)” (2016), acrylic on canvas, 59 x 90 inches The Washington Color School, which was centered in the nation’s capital, included such artists as Morris Louis, Gene Davis, Kenneth Noland, Hilda Thorpe, and Paul Reed. In 1965, Gerald Nordland organized the

Click here to view catalog In Celebration of Toadhouse’s Years on This Earth “What does not change/is the will to change” Charles Olson John Yau 1. In lieu of a preface, I would simply like to state that this long overdue exhibition, “Any Position Limits the View (We Are Only Here For A Spell)” at David Richard Gallery, celebrates the 70th birthday of Allan Graham (a.k.a. Toadhouse). It is a celebration the artist deserves, for the generosity of his work and his spirit. I wri