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Doug Ohlson uses flat planes to create dense works
by Christopher Knight
December 17, 2015
A tight selection of eight abstract paintings by New York artist Doug Ohlson (1936-2010) pivots on a kind of art that isn’t much seen today. Flat planes of color establish an architecture of abstraction, giving otherwise immaterial elements substantial density.