Finnish artist Virva Hinnemo exhibits abstract paintings on repurposed cardboard at Anita Rogers gallery

Finnish artist Virva Hinnemo, based in Springs, NY, presents abstract paintings that utilize flattened cardboard boxes as unconventional supports. Her work references mid-century American masters Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, and Philip Guston through a form vocabulary and gestural lexicon. The exhibition takes place at the plush new venue of Anita Rogers gallery, which shares quarters with another of proprietor Anita Rogers' enterprises. Hinnemo's approach avoids direct associations with Arte Povera, Supports/Surfaces, or provisional abstraction, instead achieving a visually sophisticated yet stylistically innocent quality. The charming, unforced modernism of the paintings complements the refreshingly old-fashioned surroundings of the gallery. The show was reviewed on June 28, 2016, by artcritical.com.