Berry Campbell is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Dan Christensen (1942-2007).
During his forty-year career, Dan Christensen employed a painting method that involved a considerable amount of improvisation and experimentation. However, his work had a logical and systematic evolution. Using the visual language of abstraction—from Abstract Expressionism through Color Field Painting and Minimalism—he pursued particular lines of inquiry until he felt he had exhausted them. He then changed the variables of his art to move in new directions. Yet, in doing so, he often doubled back, revisiting aspects of his earlier work to rework old themes and create new combinations. Like many artists before him—Picasso and Pollock come to mind—through such recycling, he gave layered resonance to his art.
The exhibition, featuring nineteen paintings from his Late Calligraphic Stain period, opens on February 9, 2017 and runs through March 11, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, February 9 from 6 to 8 pm.
