How Late Painter Lynne Drexler Became a Color Field Pioneer

These paintings are likely informed by her opera sketchbooks, which are marked by dense, detailed patterning. In Hong Kong, White Cube is showing a suite of 10 untitled wax-crayon-on-paper works, lining the wall along the second-floor desk. “She repeated shapes and colors and compositions over and over and over again,” said Berry, who points to Drexler’s persistent approach. “There’s really a mastery of what she’s doing, so when she gets to the canvas, it’s very thought out.”

 

Many of the works feature a much more tonal palette than the kaleidoscopic works of the 1960s. One standout example is Redoubled (1975), which features a field of alternating shades of pink and purple. These tessellated forms create complicated, hypnotic color gradients that appear to be collaged together.

— Maxwell Rabb, Artsy