Fairfield Porter and Joan Snyder Exhibitions at Betty Cuningham Gallery

Betty Cuningham Gallery in New York presents two concurrent exhibitions: Rackstraw Downes' paintings, which combine aggressive conception with passive elaboration and fervent spatial perceptions, and Joan Snyder's works on paper from the 1970s and recent, alongside her series 'Women Make Lists'. The Downes show runs March 8 – April 15, 2006. A version of the Snyder review was first published in The New York SUN on November 18, 2004. The gallery is located at 541 West 25 Street, New York, NY 10001. Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), an American painter and critic, is noted for his awareness of the brief history of painting in the US and his belief that Americans knew little of the medium's larger history.