Robert Ryman Exhibition at PaceWildenstein and Other Gallery Shows in New York

Robert Ryman's paintings from 1987 to 2020 were surveyed at PaceWildenstein until January 8, located at 534 W. 25th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. The gallery's phone number was 212-929-7000. Another exhibition, "Robert Ryman: Works on Paper, 1957-1964," ran until September 25 at 99 Wooster Street between Spring and Prince, with phone contact 212-343-0441; it was closed for August. Leslie Wayne presented "Free Experience" at Jack Shainman Gallery from September 7 to October 21, 2017, featuring her "paint rags" made of layered paint. She also showed at Regina Rex on the Lower East Side in spring 2017. Mike Nelson exhibited at 303 Gallery, Joan Jonas at Yvon Lambert, and Anya Kieler at Rachel Uffner Gallery. Milton Avery's "Onrushing Waves" was at Knoedler & Company until January 29 at 19 E. 70th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, phone 212-794-0550. "Band of Abstraction" continued until August 14 at 819 Washington Street between Little W. 12th and Gansevoort Streets, phone 212-243-8572. The author noted complex metaphoric activity in Ryman's work despite his materialism, and observed that abstraction affects representation similarly to how representation alters reality.