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Loretta Howard Gallery is pleased to present What Matters by Nicolas Carone. Seven paintings and four works on paper offer a compelling cross section of the artist’s late period. The linear mark making that fill his paintings evokes the immediacy of a drawing. Similarly, his works on paper maintain a tonal, painterly quality and illustrate the artist’s lifelong commitment to both mediums. Filled with deep washes of grey, white and black, each canvas is punctuated with loose skeins of paint and linear brushwork that suggest the contours of the figure.

The sweeping cadence, and stark pallet …