Cary Smith: New Paintings and Drawings at FREDRICKS & FREISER

James Kalm enjoys watching the careers of painters as they develop over time. For decades now, Cary Smith has maintained an austere compositional approach to abstraction, developing themes that he expounds on as if they were Euclidian axioms. Though this might sound dry and overly intellectual, Smith is also a sensitive and playful colorist, and by combining these two impulses, his works can perform a delicate balancing act between the cerebral and the whimsical. Smith gives viewers a brief explanation on the use of color, his technical practice, and the construction of composition. This program was recorded October 19, 2017, in Chelsea.