Thomas Downing, Fahrenheit, c. 1961 Acrylic on canvas, 901⁄2 x 87 inches October 4 — December 1, 2007 Gary Snyder's first year of programming will focus on Hard -
Edge Abstraction circa 1955 — 1975.
The depiction of robotic parents gazing at their equally robotic newborn, keyed to a bubblegum palette, looked to be some kind of retro pastiche combining Cubist impulses, hard -
edge abstraction, folk art and futurism as practiced by DC comics
circa 1963.