Ying Li and Eve Aschheim's contrasting abstract paintings exhibited at New York Studio School in 2013

From June 6 to July 20, 2013, the New York Studio School gallery at 8 West 8th Street in New York City presented "Ying Li/Eve Aschheim: Recent Paintings." The exhibition featured two mid-career abstract painters with divergent approaches. Eve Aschheim's small canvases displayed meticulous lines and shapes against white backgrounds, creating cerebral poetry through works like "Pinch" (2013) and "Bullet" (2013). Ying Li's paintings employed thick, colorful brushstrokes to depict recognizable subjects like coastlines and landscapes, as seen in "North Chatham (Andy's Path)" (2011) and "Winter Lilies of Hanover #1" (2012). Aschheim's process-oriented works explored semiotics and mark-making, while Li's form-focused paintings connected to traditions from Titian to Matisse. The juxtaposition highlighted different notions of artistic rigor through their shared dedication to abstraction.