Michelle Bolinger
David Burliuk
Marisol Cervantes
Gerald Coarding
Joseph Friebert
Mary Celeste Griffin
John D. Graham
Stacie Maya Johnson
William S. Schwartz
Charles Green Shaw
Bruce Thorn
On view: September 25 - December 19, 2025
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, November 6, 2025, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct is its appeal.”
— Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1912
Madron Gallery presents Conversations in Abstraction, a group exhibition that brings together contemporary and historical artists whose abstract paintings create a visual communication that transcends the barriers of time, geography, and theory. At its core, abstraction invites the viewer to peel back the layers of color, line, shape, and texture, discovering deeper meaning and connection—compositions designed to spark dialogue. The 24 paintings on display serve as markers that span more than a century of artistic creation. Over the past five years, Madron has been collecting artworks produced during the early exploration of abstraction in America. By exhibiting historical and contemporary artworks alongside each other, we not only examine how abstraction has developed over time but also explore how artworks created decades apart remain relevant to one another.
