On view from June 14 – July 14, 2013 at its Railyard location, LewAllen Galleries presents Dan Christensen: The Orb Paintings. Christensen was at the epicenter of post-Abstract Expressionist painting in America. With a career that spanned more than 40 years, Christensen pioneered some of the most innovative new directions in abstract painting during the period from the mid-1960s until his death in 2007. He is considered one of the leading figures of what is known as PostPainterly Abstraction, the predominant tendency in non-representational painting following the Ab Ex movement emphasizing “openness” and “clarity” of color applied to flat surfaces - in stark response to the dense, packed, encrusted canvasses of the period that preceded it.
