MADRON

 Conversations in Abstraction

On View: September 29 - 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 

Exhibiting Artists : Michelle Bolinger (b.1981), David Burlick (1882-1967), Marisol Cervantes ( b.1996), Gerald Coarding (1911-1986), Joseph Friebert (1908 – 2002), Mary Griffin (b.1986), John D. Graham (1881/86/88-1961), Stacie Maya Johnson (b. 1977), William S. Schwartz (1896-1977), Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974), and Bruce Thorn (b.1952). 

 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 23 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.