{"id":4081,"date":"2021-03-17T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T22:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:31:09","slug":"abstraction-x-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4081","title":{"rendered":"Abstraction x 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In early March, <em>The New Criterion<\/em> published <a href=\"https:\/\/newcriterion.com\/blogs\/dispatch\/a-cleaner-slate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;A Cleaner Slate&#8221;\u2014my review<\/a> of four exhibitions of abstract painting: \u201cPaul Mogensen\u201d at Blum &amp; Poe, Los Angeles, \u201cGerhard Richter: Cage Paintings\u201d at Gagosian, Beverly Hills, \u201cStanley Whitney: How Black is That Blue\u201d at Matthew Marks, Los Angeles and \u201cJim Isermann: Hypercube\u201d at Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newcriterion.com\/blogs\/dispatch\/a-cleaner-slate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-17-at-3.17.14-PM-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4113\" width=\"436\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-17-at-3.17.14-PM-3.png 872w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-17-at-3.17.14-PM-3-360x500.png 360w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-17-at-3.17.14-PM-3-768x1066.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early March, The New Criterion published &#8220;A Cleaner Slate&#8221;\u2014my review of four exhibitions of abstract painting: \u201cPaul Mogensen\u201d at Blum &amp; 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