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As Roald Nasgaard states in his book Abstract Painting in Canada, Jonathan Forrest “is the youngest and perhaps the last direct descendant of the [prairie abstract painting] tradition that began with [Clement] Greenberg, passed down to him through [William] Perehudoff and [Robert] Christie, the tradition that so long retained its faith in painting qua painting independent of external references. ” (p 297). A survivor of the modernist school, Forrest embraces the history, but forges ahead, producing new and innovative work.

The new paintings included in our exhibition function within the …