Steven Greene

Steven Greene was a renowned figure in the New York arts scene of the mid-late 20th century and exhibited widely during his career despite the fact that his paintings never neatly complied with any particular group or style. This pair of paintings demonstrates his willingness to combine multiple styles and media, layering a loose abstract expressionistic treatment of the background with mixed media collage and precise drawing in the foreground. One is drawn to the snippets of text visible in these paintings and encouraged to speculate about Greene’s conceptual motivations.