By some fortuitous coincidence just a few steps separate «Joan Mitchell: The Last Paintings» at Cheim & Read from «Matta: A Centennial Celebration» at Pace Gallery and each show explosively refutes any notion of
youthfulness being the province of the young while giving new life to the phenomenon known as «old age style» — used to distinguish formal characteristic of late works by Titian, Rembrandt, or Cézanne, where the artist just
wants to get to the heart of the matter and sloughs off all the fine finish he had needed to impress his audience in earlier years.
«When you walk in an interview and your endorphins are running high because you're staying active, you exude a
youthfulness and an energy that people
want to access,» explains Rosenfeld.