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Milton Resnick @ Cheim & Read















Milton Resnick's paintings are works of gravitas and heft. One is claustrophobic standing among them. They quietly impose themselves on the space they occupy - seeming to inch much further into the viewer's personal space than the too thin stretcher bars should allow. This is painting as quiet yet insistent entity.

Milton Resnick: The Elephant in the Room
Paintings from the 1960's to 1980's
Cheim & Read
547 W 25 Street, New York

the exhibition continues through 10/29/11




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