It shows him further as having a mind, with the power to create conceptual abstractions and to order ideas into systematic formal patterns. (religion-online.org)
Installation view, Left: Joe Bradley, Right: Tauba Auerbach, Above: Peter Coffin, Floor: Tauba Auerbach June 28 — August 9, 2008 CONSTRACTION, an exhibition of conceptual abstraction curated by Kathy Grayson, features Tauba Auerbach, Joe Bradley, Peter Coffin, Xylor Jane, Mitzi Pederson, and Ara Peterson. (minusspace.com)
To name just a few, these include: Inventing Abstraction, 1910 - 1925 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Chicago Conceptual Abstraction at the MCA, Chicago; Painter Painter, a survey exploring developments in abstract painting at the Walker Art Center, Minnesota; and in Houston, shows such as The Abstract Impulse at the MFAH and the upcoming Outside the Lines at the CAMH, which will consider the present and future of abstract painting. (artsandculturetx.com)