John Barbour, Lundeberg, Mclaughlin, Feitelson, Hammersley, Peter Krasnow, Elise Cavanna, Eva Slater, Karl Benjamin
Esther-Robles Gallery
This show of work by ten artists, all working in the general area that has come to be known as the “Hard Edge,” attempts to delineate a specific involvement in Southern California prior to the 1958 Abstract Classicists exhibition. That such an involvement existed throughout the early fifties has been well documented, but rarely has one been given the opportunity to see its range.
This range, insofar as it can be seen in this small exhibition, goes far afield from a specific concern with edge. Rather, it would appear that these painters were all interested in developing an abstract art composed