Mark Grotjahn's recent painting based on a curved motif used to depict eyes from Picasso «negro» works from nascent Cubism manages to transform the historical motif into something of his own, not a direct derivation, but a reworking of the device into an overall field, recalling
1950s overall compositions (like Pollock's Mural) and even Mondrian's Gray Trees from 1911.
Each will begin with a review of production since
1950 and its geographical
composition, examining both changes in
overall production and in the geographical
composition of that production.