Jo Baer
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
It is more than just the vagaries of fashion or the recent focus on geometric abstract painting that has rekindled interest in the Minimalist paintings of Jo Baer. Her works seem to be imbued with a kind of probity, a sense of relentless logic and structured accomplishment that is refreshing. There may be a faint air of nostalgia to such interest, a wished-for return to the issues broached a generation ago. The seven Baer paintings in this exhibition, done between 1962 and ’72, address the “classic” agendas of Minimalist painting: its concern with the painting as a physical object, its interest