John
McLaughlin
Untitled, 1951
37 3/4 x 32 inches
Oil and Casein on Panel
“These
Paintings, done during the early fifties, reflect my growing
concern
with the ascetic approach.
This
position accommodated my conviction that the viewer become
central
to the neutrality of the non-expressive structure. Thus, the
absence of perceptible entity becomes the function of the viewer
as opposed
to the work itself. This is to say, his unmixed thought is content.”
“These
Paintings, done during the early fifties, reflect my growing
concern
with the ascetic approach.