maybe it�s just another more radical aspect of his experimentation.  And within the context of the earlier work overall these later paintings are quite radical - as much so as his reductive grid paintings must have initially appeared in the 50s.

This exhibition features two types of photography.  The first is Morell�s signature camera obscuras: the method of blacking out windows in a room with just a small aperture to allow light in which projects the outside world in and onto print paper.  These pieces allow for unusual juxtapositions between patterns, contrast and objects; in short 

Abelardo Morell at Bonni Benrubi Galley

Abelardo Morell at Bonni Benrubi Galley

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Abelardo Morell at Bonni Benrubi Galley

a reading in which the abstract trumps the literal. From this perspective these images have a great deal in common with the multi-layered imagery found in the photographs of Claire Seidl.

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