CONTINUING AND RECOMMENDED EXHIBITIONS

June, 2007


The doubleheader of new paintings by Ed Moses being presented at neighboring galleries is meant to underline this artist's continued vitality and prowess--and it does just that. Whether it be the more historically influenced abstraction of the work at Frank Lloyd, or the fluid swirls on view at Bobbie Greenfield, Moses enchants with his painterly ability. The theme of open space punctuated by looming, suspended forms and bold swiping gestures typical of abstract expressionism is highlighted in a work such as "Franko-L" (which maybe even tips its hat to the precedents set by Franz Kline or Helen Frankenthaler). In the "Down-Broz #1" and "Down-Broz #2" group, metallic copper and silvery pigments float in languid swirls on intense blue surfaces. Related to the work of David Reed and other post-painterly contemporary practitioners, Moses visits their more spare abstract vocabulary and invigorates it with his enthusiastic painterly glosses.


Ed Moses, “A-1,” 2007, acrylic, 72 x 60”.
The differences between the works, and hence the dialogue between the two contiguous galleries, is bound to generate favorites; and that is precisely the point for an artist who has steadily focused on the painting process, its materials, and pictorial improvisation for over half a century (Bobbie Greenfield Gallery and Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica).