Some sketches feature figurative motifs, human forms and faces, while others appear as purely abstract shapes, configurations and patterns. (artbook.com)
Byrne's paintings stage a transaction between the figure and design, with figurative motifs teetering on the brink of collapse only to re-surface via ornamental and mannered painterly elements that often overtly reference stylistic moments in the history of 20th century painting. (contemporaryartsociety.org)
The show — that runs until September 4 — is an ode to that decade's figurative motifs in both painting and sculpture, giving centre stage to the works made by Laurie Anderson, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, George Condo, Keith Haring, Sherrie Levine, McDermott & McGough, Rene Ricard, David Salle, Kenny Scharf, Julian Schnabel, and Andy Warhol. (swissstyle.com)