John Zinsser Discusses His Exhibition Oil Paintings at MINUS SPACE

James Kalm follows the floodtide and rounds the shore from Red Hook to DUMBO and MINUS SPACE. Just blocks from the pier that inspired Walt Whitman’s poetic masterpiece, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” viewers are invited to attend a discussion by John Zinsser of his latest show, “Oil Paintings”. What is a painting? What is painting? How and where does a painter draw the metaphorical line between the rational and the empirical, the subjective and the objective? Zinsser examines his own evolution and those influences that helped shape his practice while also performing a “close reading” of some of his works. Within his own arch of development the artist’s work has moved from a classification of reductivist Abstract Expressionism, to Conceptual Painting. Questions from the audience are explored, and a brief history of MINUS SPACE is given. This program was recorded January 27, 2018 http://www.minusspace.com/