Published: July 15, 2010
Beautifully Bleak
Several paintings by the artist Rackstraw Downes are now on view in three exhibitions: “Under the Westside Highway,” a small show of paintings and drawings focused on a single triptych, at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Conn.; “Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008,” a retrospective display of 25 paintings at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, N.Y.; and “Rackstraw Downes: A Selection of Drawings, 1980-2010” at the Betty Cuningham Gallery in Chelsea. Roll over the images below to to see selected works from these exhibitions in detail.
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"Under the Westside Highway at 145th Street: The Bike Path, No. 2" (2008)
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Betty Cuningham Gallery
“Under the Westside Highway at 145th Street: The North River Water Pollution Control Plant" (2008)
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Betty Cuningham Gallery
"Under the Westside Highway at 145th Street: The Bike Path, No. 1" (2009)
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Betty Cuningham Gallery
"Garbage Arriving in Barges at Fresh Kills Is Hauled to the Top of the Landfill in Athey Wagons" (1990)
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Colby College Museum of Art
"George Washington Carver Houses, 102nd Street Between Park and Madison" (2008)
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Betty Cuningham Gallery
“Farm Buildings Near the Rio Grande: South Side of the Barn, p.m.” (2008)
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“Farm Buildings Near the Rio Grande: West End of the Barn, p.m.” (2008)
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“Farm Buildings Near the Rio Grande: Under the Barn Roof, a.m.” (2008)
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“Untenanted Space in the World Trade Center — Winter Sun” (1998)
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Dicke Collection, New Bremen, Ohio