Marvel at the two vast panels of Julie Mehretu's HOWL, eon (I, II), an exploration of the American West, created from luminous layers of paint and topped with tangles of abstract gestures and graffiti - esqe marks in the Walter and Evelyn Haas, Jr.. (sfmoma.org)
Instead, we have abstract gestures toward it in phrases such as «That Sacrifice! (firstthings.com)
The works on display are not just art objects but drafts and records of daily labor, from Peter Schuyff's dozens of carefully carved wooden pencils to the late author David Foster Wallace's notes for The Pale King (written in pink Cuddly Cuties kitten journals) to the beautiful, abstract gestures recorded across Louise Fishman's canvases. (artspace.com)