With nearly 16 pieces from the last 7 years, this exhibition provides a potent dose of John McCracken's particular brand of Minimalism, which developed in the mid-1960's in California and has been true to its basic premises ever since.
Mr. McCracken, first known for tall, boardlike slabs that simply lean against the wall, is keeping the formalist faith. He continues to favor closed, geometric volumes and bright, strong high-gloss monochromes just this side of garish. A raspberry red, azure blue and rich purplish black predominate here, on leaning slabs, wedge shapes and rectilinear forms that sit high on the floor or hug the wall like fat shelves.
Also important is an air of perfection so extreme that the fact that these works are handmade is at first astounding but quickly becomes the only logical explanation. (Sometimes the surfaces suggest further developments in Japanese lacquer, sometimes large, reshaped pool balls.)
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