For Frieze NY 2018, Various Small Fires presents a selection of Billy Al Bengston’s (b.1934) “moon paintings”, the first grouped exhibition of this series outside of California since their debut at James Corcoran Gallery (Santa Monica) in 1990.
A pioneer of the 1960s California “Finish Fetish” and “Light and Space” movements, and an original member of the legendary Ferus Gallery’s roster, Bengston’s early paintings combined post-colorfield / proto-minimalist compositions anchored by iconographic references to popular …