ROBERT RYMAN (B. 1930)

'By these basic means, and a touch of alchemy, the artist sets up remarkably rich conditions on the printed page. It is a discipline of shapes and textures that is revealed by degree rather than in a rush, and that calls up a range of visual response that is as open ended as the sensibilities of the beholder. It is an art in and of revelation that is like a composer's notation provides the suggested structure for countless unique performances and interpretations which due to the scale and nature of an unframed, printed sheet, can be experienced in the most immediate of ways. After a time, the deceptive simplicity of Ryman's images prove to be as much an illusion as the deep space of a trompe l'oeil painting or the apparent emptiness of a darkened room'
(A. Sandback, Robert Ryman Prints 1969-1993: Parasol Press, Ltd., New York, 1993.)