Noland

Pace Gallery is pleased to present Noland Flares, an exhibition of Kenneth Noland's Flare series - paintings rarely seen together since their creation in the early 1990s. The exhibition encompasses approximately fifteen works and will take place on the third floor of Pace Gallery's new building at 540 West 25th Street. In the late 1950s, Noland broke with Abstract Expressionism's gestural aesthetic. Staining unprimed canvas with acrylic, he produced paintings with stark geometric shapes and bold color contrasts, becoming one of the pioneers of Color Field painting and the Washington Color School. Groundbreaking series, such as his Circle or Chevron works, were systematic yet intuitive investigations of painting's visual elements, especially color and shape. Eminent critics and artists soon lauded Noland's work, with Donald Judd affirming in 1965, "by now Kenneth Noland's salience isn't debatable; he's one of the best painters". Exhibition: Pace Gallery, New York, USA (06.03-25.04.2020).