Abstraction has never left us. In fact, it is even stronger today. As a part of some type of post-post conceptual approach to painting, there are painters making interesting abstractions in spite of its regurgitated redundancy. Mary Heilmann comes to mind, as well as Laura Owens. It seems there has to be an intention in making this type of space anymore, because quite frankly, it gets boring. One of those painters is Kadar Brock from the Hole NYC. Personally, as an artist, I think his art is his name. He does not even need paintings, because he is his art. That is a good thing for an artist. His persona as well is what he seems to encapsulate in these cerebral zones of street like histories. The surfaces of these particular paintings are reminiscent of the city walls covered over with detritus and graffiti, and then worn away. Although a lot of craft goes into these pictures I am sure, they seem to tell of story of self production. It is as if they happened over a long period of time due to weather or other outside forces, non-human forces.
Kadar does other abstractions as well that use letters or look similar to late Frank Stella or even Trudy Benson.
