Group Show 'Fade' at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Explores Abstract Painting

The Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, hosted the group exhibition 'Fade' from April 29 to May 28, 2005, curated by Craig Olson. The show featured eight artists whose paintings and sculptures derive potency from the convergence of man-made networks with natural ones. The works exhibit a structure that serves as a plan for their making, yet transcend that plan. Notably, Nemire's paintings evoke the emotional charge of video color test bands, focusing on the resonant 'before' moment. The exhibition highlights the enduring evolution of abstract art, as seen in the work of veteran painter Pat Simonian, whose current show at Edward Thorpe Gallery runs through February 19. The review, originally published in 2005, was re-posted to mark Simonian's later exhibition.