Raymond Saunders Post No Bills at ANDREW KREPS and DAVID ZWIRNER

James Kalm visits an illuminating double show of paintings by the Bay Area artist, Raymond Saunders. This mini-retrospective divided between Andrew Kreps in Tribeca, and David Zwirner in Chelsea presents works from a fifty-year slice of this artist’s oeuvre, and is probably the most extensive showing Saunders’ work in New York to date. Saunders has been a significant presence in West Coast painting culture since the late 1960s. His signature use of black grounds and stressed abject collage elements within an innate formalist vocabulary, reverse the normal readings of color, surface and composition, expressing a rich experience of the urban environment with poignant echoes of the personal. This program was recorded March 1st and 2nd 2024. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk