Poons's early compositions of rectangles, diamonds, and other geometric shapes, went against the grain of prevailing tastes at the school, which favored various forms of late Abstraction Expressionism, in vogue around the world by the mid-1950s. (brooklynrail.org)
Thus the multi-layered paintings additionally become multi-generational, echoing or ghosting earlier compositions and processes, commenting on the limitless possibilities for duplication and repetition afforded by technology. (halcyongallery.com)
Each group is offset by voids — scrims, essentially, of negative space — through which vestiges of earlier compositions peek out from below the surface — an indication of the complex process by which Burckhardt completes a painting. (gregorylindgallery.com)