May 25, 2018
2-TIMES • Art
Budd Hopkins,
‘Third Street Red’
@ Downs & Ross
—
“Hard-edged
geometric
compositions,
interrupted by
searing passages
of gestural
abstraction...”
Hopkins's peers:
· Mark Rothko
· Robert Motherwell
· Franz Kline
1976:
The year Budd
rose to prominence
via his investigation
into alien abduction
phenomena, and
related UFO research
—a subject that would
become the eternally
elusive object of his
fixation, dominating
his orientation
toward form.
The exhibition:
Is the gallery's
inaugural solo of
works from the
Budd Hopkins estate;
a presentation of six
paintings and two
mobiles spanning
1969—1978, offering
a reckoning with the
artist’s practice on
its own terms.
2-TIMES' highlights:
· Hera’s Wall Temple, 1978
· Scorpio III, 1972
On view at:
Downs & Ross
—
2/F, 96 Bowery,
New York, NY 10013,
United States.
Closes:
June 10, 2018.
Budd Hopkins @ Downs & Ross
PHOTOGRAPHY /
Courtesy of
the estate of
Budd Hopkins
&
Downs & Ross
—
Text excerpts,
Annie Godfrey Larmon
CREDITS /
