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Warren Rohrer’s white paintings, which span from the 1970s and early 1990s, reflect a facet of his work focused on fusing light and matter through paint. His atmospheric abstractions with series titles such as White Shift, White Drift, and Passage, respond to continuously shifting light conditions and the perceptual effects of seasonal cycles and changes in the landscape.

Art historical precedents including Robert Rauschenberg’s monochrome White Paintings from 1951 and Robert Ryman's Minimalist experiments with white paint beginning in the 1960s, provide interesting counterpoints to …