Saret's Gang Drawings and Pousette-Dart's Late Works Showcase Dualities in Abstraction at Drawing Center and Knoedler

The Drawing Center showcases 31 pieces by Alan Saret spanning from 1967 to 2002, featuring his 'gang drawings' made with handfuls of colored pencils. Along with two sculptures, these works illustrate his post-minimalist style, characterized by forms that are both dense and airy. Influenced by the 1960s process art, industrial materials, and mysticism from his 1970s experience in India, Saret's creations blend loose and defined elements. For instance, 'The Great Hair Lock Ensoulment' (1968) exhibits sharp shapes reminiscent of Hans Hartung, while 'Prana Spectrum Trace' (1989) showcases delicate strokes akin to Joan Mitchell. Concurrently, Knoedler & Company displays late works by Richard Pousette-Dart, including 1970s-1990s pieces like 'Light Gathers to the Question of No' (1979), which features scribbled circles. Pousette-Dart's 'Sphere Credo' (1991) echoes Terry Winters, and 'The Sadness of a Circle' (1989) resembles Brice Marden. Both artists, despite their generational gaps, explore themes of absence and presence within abstraction. Saret's exhibition is open until February 7 at 35 Wooster Street, while Pousette-Dart's runs until March 8 at 19 East 70th Street.