paintings by Ernest Briggs and Jon Schueler who were both, differently, influenced by their teacher Clyfford Still

Boardman and Briggs explored contrasting expressions of abstraction, both vigorous and dynamic, yet while the former demonstrated cool and controlled forms, the other spoke a more forceful and fiery language of raw and cataclysmic nature

works by artists including Thomas Beckman, Seymour Boardman, Ernest Briggs, Perez Celis, Herman Cherry, Nassos Daphnis, Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Mark Gibian, Stanley Hayter, John Hultberg, Michiko Itatani, Buffie Johnson, Ibram Lassaw, Michael Loew, …

“an exceptional group of artists whose bold and individual approaches helped shape the legacy of postwar abstraction”