Jonathan Lasker: Studies for Paintings 1986-2006

Timothy Taylor Gallery is delighted to announce a unique retrospective of 35 small studies for paintings executed between 1986 and the present day. Although mostly produced in the 1980s and 1990s, these studies seem especially contemporary. Lasker has consistently explored the possibilities of abstract pictographic language, and this retrospective is an opportunity to see his development.
 
Lasker’s palette of fluorescent blues, oranges and pinks gives the work a nu-rave edginess. A sensual use of paint is contrasted with graphic scribbles. The drama and geometry is achieved through various combinations of oil, pen, ink and ballpoint pen on paper. Each study is expertly contained within a small-scale format of approximately 13 by 17 cm. At first the doodle-like quality of the work has an air of Abstract Expressionism, yet closer inspection reveals a carefully premeditated balance and constraint typical of Lasker’s body of work.