Author: Lasker, JonathanSince the 1970s, American painter Jonathan Lasker has cultivated a distinct formal vocabulary of structural grids, graphic scribbled lines & thick impasto strokes of paint. Lasker employs the familiar tools of representational painting to destabilise its dividing line with abstraction. This compact volume presents an unlikely, yet productive pairing: a selection of the artist’s large canvases intermingled with the Frye Art Museum’s collection of late 19th- & early 20th-century paintings. Embedded within the museum’s salon, Lasker’s compositions open unexpected conversations across time, style and painterly intent. The publication includes photographs of the exhibition, as well as a foreword by collector Judy Greenstein, an essay by director Jamilee Lacy that discusses the exhibition in the context of Lasker’s overall practice, and an interview between the artist and Lacy.ISBN 9781646570478. Marquand Books. pb. 64 pages. 30 colour ills. 21.6 x 12.7 cm.available
