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...such an artist. A Boston native and Professor of Fine Arts at Boston University for 20 years, Ablow has, for much of his career, devoted himself to the still life, finding in simple objects—the bowl, the cloth, the tableboth—the abstract and the specific. Ablow??s show of “Recent Paintings” at the Pucker Gallery in Boston is a testament both to his innovation and his artistic stamina...
...Ablow??s subject matter is deceptively simple: collections of open jars and pitchers rest innocuously on top of non-descript tables. The visual confection normally found in still lifes—reflective sparkles on glass, pastel groups of flowers or dew on fruit—is nowhere to be found. Instead objects are simplified into flat shapes. A cup is represented through the simple shape of a cylinder rimmed with shadow, while a drape of fabric becomes little more than a hard-edged line...
...this sense, Ablow??s work most resembles that of Giorgio Morandi in the 1940s and 1950s. Morandi, called the father of the contemporary still life, relentlessly painted the same enamel bottles and china bowls for decades, using a palette that never wandered more than a shade away from gray. Like Morandi, Ablow is concerned with exploiting a pictorial brand of truth, discovering something universal in the shape of insipid junk...
Weil’s colors and textures may put other artists to shame—his vibrant colors become all the more apparent when placed next to Joseph Ablow??s exhibit, also recently being shown at the Pucker Gallery. While the former pulses with energy, the latter appears dull and tepid by comparison...