Very early on, and at the same time in the wake
of the various - isms that rushed into the vacuum created in the art world
of the 50s and 60s when Abstract Expressionism had left the stage in America, Richard Artschwager began to construct the oeuvre he is still developing more than 45 years later, a
body of work that categorically resists any and all definitive labelling, one which seems as
diverse as it is consistent and possesses one feature which is unfortunately all too rare in the art business these days: a humorous twinkle
of the eye.