Exhibition
It Was Never Linear: Recent Painting
May 6, 2016 through July 31, 2016
Lois Dodd, Winter Sunset, Blair Pond. 
Peter Saul, Portrait in the Style of de Kooning. 
Loren Munk, History of Art Timeline. 
Josephine Halvorson, Night Window, August 2–3, 2015. 
Joyce Pensato, Mr. MotoMickey. 
Dawn Clements, My bed pleins d'odeurs légères. 
Colin Prahl, Color Generator. 
Peter Saul, Portrait in the Style of de Kooning. 
Michelle Grabner, Untitled. 
Loren Munk, History of Art Timeline. 
Lois Dodd, Ice Sheet, Blair Pond. 
Barbara Takenaga, Blue Splash. 
Robert Bordo, mother. 
Stanley Whitney, Red. 
JoAnne Carson, Dreamcatcher.
This summer, Sheldon Museum of Art will celebrate abstraction in contemporary painting. Twelve artists have been invited to participate in It Was Never Linear, an exhibition of recent paintings and drawings. Each of the selected works demonstrates a primacy of the act of painting—gestural mark making and attention to surface materiality—over any true representation of form or figure. The participating artists span generations and include Robert Bordo, JoAnne Carson, Dawn Clements, Lois Dodd, Michelle Grabner, Josephine Halvorson, Loren Munk, Joyce Pensato, Colin Prahl, Peter Saul, Barbara Takenaga, and Stanley Whitney.
Support for this exhibition and its programming has been provided by H. Lee and Carol Gendler Fund.