A short anecdote + unavoidable name-drop: In the late 1970s I found myself standing with Richard Diebenkorn at an exhibition at...
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Thoughts on Mondrian
When I began this last series of “Plumb Bob / Polar Series” tondo paintings, my first goal was to “find the...
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Seven Painters Review, 1996
Karen Wilkin: At The Galleries Published in: Partisan Review | 1, 1996, Volume LXIII, Number 1 Seven Painters, an ambitious...
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FINITY-INFINITY
A reflection on the art of Ronald Davis The catalog for the exhibition at the New York Academy of Sciences, September...
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Ronnie Landfield Essay
Ronald Davis: The Essence Of Abstraction From the catalog accompanying Ron Davis’s retrospective at The Butler Institute...
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Essay on “Seven Part Arch”
Selected Works From the Permanent Collection of the San José Museum of Art Including Davis’s Seven Part Arch, 1977 From...
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When the illusion is lost, the art is hard to find…
Ronald Davis: Recent Abstractions, 2001 – 2002 at Denver University This statement was originally printed in the...
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“The Wallpaper Statement”
A Painting’s Just Gotta Look Better Than the Wallpaper This statement by Ronald Davis was originally printed in the catalog...
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Path To The Dodecagons
Vector, 1968, 60 1/2 x 132 inches (shaped), Moulded Polyester Resin and Fiberglass, Dodecagon Series (PTG 0061). This is one of...
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Essay by Dave Hickey
Ronald Davis Is Not Doing What You’re Seeing The content of this essay by Dave Hickey is excerpted with permission from...
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Review by Michael Fried
Ronald Davis: Surface And Illusion by Michael Fried Originally published in ARTFORUM, Volume V. No. 8, April 1967...
READ MORERed Diamond Horizon
Red Diamond Horizon, 2009Diamond Group, (PTN 1226)49 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 3 inchesHi-Load Acrylic and Enamel on shaped expanded PVC...
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Tri-Lift Slabs, 198796 x 66 ⅛ inchesCel-vinyl acrylic and dry pigment on canvas(PTG 0887) More 1980s Paintings...
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Upright Stripe Slab Duet, 198672 x 66 inchesCel-Vinyl Acrylic on Canvas(PTG 0872) Included in the solo retrospective: Ronald...
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127 Pound Butterfly, 198796 x 66 inches Cel-Vinyl Acrylic on Canvas Freeway Series (PTG 0882) Included in the solo...
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Yellow And Bougainvillea Slab, 198630 x 66 inchesCel-Vinyl acrylic and dry Pigment on CanvasFreeway Series(PTG 0864) Included in...
READ MORERing Disk On Gray
Ring Disk On Gray, 1983Background Series60 x 48 inchesCel-Vinyl acrylic on Canvas(PTG 0701) Included in the one-man...
READ MORESpiral Square
• Spiral Square, 198796 1/8 x 66 1/8 inchesCel-Vinyl acrylic on Canvas Spiral Series (PTG 900) More 1980s Paintings...
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Star Drips Near Malibu
Star Drips Near Malibu 1981 96 x 240 inches Cel-Vinyl Acrylic on Canvas Flatland Series (PTG 0640) ...
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Yellow Yellow Landscape, 2019Original photo, enhanced. DRAFT. Link to series...
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Review by John Elderfield
New Paintings By Ron Davis: The Cutout Series ArtForum, March, 1971 • VOL. 9, NO. 7 CUTOUT SERIES By John Elderfield RON...
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