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Saxon Quinn’s paintings astonish the viewer with their innovative combination of the abstract and the figurative, the quiet and the bold. These are paintings that grapple with the complicated heritage of Modernism.

They are reminiscent of some of the very first forays into abstract art by artists like Joan Miró and Vasilij Kandinsky with their bright primary colors popping off a neutral background, yet they also include inspirations from 1950s and 1960s High Modernism such as the rough textures of Jackson Pollock and Antoni Tàpiez.

Like the works of these pioneers of abstract art, Saxon …