1997 Theories of the
Decorative: Abstraction and Ornament in Contemporary Painting, Inverleith
House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburg, Scotland; traveled to Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA (curated by Paul Nesbitt and David Moos) Primarily Paint, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA Pintura, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain; traveled to Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, USA (curated by Lilly Wei) Intimate Universe (Revisited): Seventy American
Painters, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Michael Walls) Schilderijen: Reinoud Van Vaught, Fabian Marcaccio, David Reed, Jonathan Lasker, Gallerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, the Netherlands Wetterleuchten, Galerie Evelyne Canus, La Colle - sur - Loup, France (curated by Günter Umberg) Critiques Of Pure Abstraction, Independent Curators, Inc., New York, USA (curated by Mark Rosenthal)(traveled) Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery, London, England Relations Between Contemporary Architecture and Painting: Greg Lynn, Fabian Marcaccio, David Reed, Jesse Reiser / Nanako Umemoto, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria Some Lust, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA Installations / Projects, Institute for Art and Urban Resources / P.
Hopkin was one of Detroit's leading
painters in the mid to late 19th century in Detroit, producing seascapes, landscapes and
decorative works, including the interior of the Detroit Opera
House (1869).
At least since Georges Braque first plied a
house painter's comb to create faux bois (fake wood grain) in his Homage to J. S. Bach, 1911, artists» applications of
decorative and artisanal painting techniques have introduced a level of self - reflexivity to our received notions of artistic labor and medium - specificity.