Rudolf Stingel (b. 1956)

“For nearly 20 years [Stingel] has made work that seduces the eye while also upending most notions of what, exactly, constitutes a painting, how it should be made and by whom…. He combines a love of painting with the postmodern suspicion of it, and often achieves a near-perfect balance between the visual and the conceptual” (R. Smith, “DIY Art: Walk on It, Write on It, Stroke It,” New York Times, June 29, 2007).