Article: Nicola De Maria. (Galerie Lelong, New York, New York)

GALERIE LELONG

Among the familiar approaches to abstract art--the decorative, the metaphysical and the Minimalist--the decorative has long been regarded as the least substantial. It is also the least theorized. The metaphysical abstractionist is viewed as conveying information from or intimations about other ontological realms. The Minimalist is doing the exact opposite, attempting to show materiality in all possible directness with out any metaphysical overlay. But what does the decorative abstractionist do? Make wallpaper or wrapping paper designs? When Barnett Newman's first solo show was received as "decorative," he was so mortified that he did not exhibit his ...

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