Exhibition

On Landscape

Ground Floor

A river made of greens, blues and yellows with the text “On Landscape."

On Landscape assembles a multi-generational group of artists reworking the genre for a changing world. The exhibition includes works by:

ETEL ADNAN NATHANAËLLE HERBELIN
MILTON AVERY BROOK HSU
CHARLES BURCHFIELD CANDY JERNIGAN
LOIS DODD OIDIE KUIJPERS
PETER DOIG JOAN MITCHELL
SIMONE FATTAL ERIN MORRIS
WILL GABALDÓN SYLVIA PLIMACK MANGOLD
MAUREEN GALLACE TREVOR SHIMIZU
BRETT GOODROAD FRANK WALTER
THIAGO HATTNHER MATTHEW WONG
RICHARD HAWKINS ALBERT YORK

A storied (if never a dominant) practice grounded in tradition, landscape’s association with the pastoral has long been countered by something more nuanced and oblique. The works on view span a century and chart those experiments across a range of styles and formats: some are near-forensic in their observation of a particular landform or stretch of coastline; others forgo that precision for half-remembered constructions or hover at the brink of abstraction. Seemingly placid vistas may be tempered with unease, as artists look outward for coordinates to map an inner terrain.

These scenes are largely devoid of human presence yet bear subtle signs of habitation: a hedgerow that marks a property line, a slatted fence amidst the trees. As the physical world increasingly recedes behind facsimile, landscape painting endures as a hinge between representation and the restless horizon that evades capture. Nature has been thoroughly reshaped by our intervention, yet still humbles with its immensity of scale: to render it with care is to acknowledge what preceded us, exists beyond us, and may well outlast us.

View of gallery space with white walls and concrete floors two artworks are hung on the walls and they are separated by a doorway.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Landscape painting of a cloudy sky over farmland. The sun peeks out behind the clouds just enough to bask the painting in a glow. Framed in silver.

Charles Burchfield

Summer Sun, 1920

Watercolor, charcoal, and gouache on joined paper, mounted on board

21 x 26 3/8 inches (53 x 67 cm)

Landscape painting that utilizes prominent lines in the brushstrokes to create the effect of grass being blown in the wind.

Brett Goodroad

June 2, Laugardalur, 2024

Oil on copper
8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm)

View of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Eight pieces are visible as they hang on the walls.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Oil painting of harsh lines of black blue and white on an oval canvas, framed in white.

Joan Mitchell

Tilleul (Linden Tree), 1978

Oil on canvas

39 1/8 x 31 3/4 inches (99 x 81 cm)

Painting of two trees on the left and the right. Both trees are being cut off by the edge of the canvas. Between the trees is a stroke of pink and grey.

Frank Walter

Two Trees Against A Hurricane Sky, n.d.

Oil on card

7 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches (19 x 9 cm)

Half of a tree with red, white and green leaves.

Frank Walter

Blossoming Tree, n.d.

Oil on card

10 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (28 x 13 cm)


Three trees with yellow leaves standing side by side.

Frank Walter
Three Tall Trees, c. 1980

Oil on card

11 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (28 x 18 cm)

Frank Walter

Two Trees Against A Hurricane Sky, n.d.

Oil on card

7 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches (19 x 9 cm)

Frank Walter

Blossoming Tree, n.d.

Oil on card

10 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (28 x 13 cm)


Frank Walter
Three Tall Trees, c. 1980

Oil on card

11 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (28 x 18 cm)

Five small paintings framed in white in a gallery space with white walls and tan floors.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Painting of a wooden fence with large trees behind it. The leaves in the trees cover almost the entire upper half of the painting.

Frank Walter

Shady Forest and Fence, n.d.

Oil on photographic paper

5 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (13 x 21 cm)

Painting of a yellow and red sunrise over a dark blue sea with visible rocks protruding out of the water.

Frank Walter

Sunrise over Ocean, n.d.

Oil on photographic paper

4 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches (12 x 21 cm)

Frank Walter

Shady Forest and Fence, n.d.

Oil on photographic paper

5 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (13 x 21 cm)

Frank Walter

Sunrise over Ocean, n.d.

Oil on photographic paper

4 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches (12 x 21 cm)

View of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. A very large green painting hangs to the right of a very small green painting.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Oil painting of two green trees and two green round bushes in a meadow. Surrounded by a thick black frame.

Albert York

Trees and Bushes, East Hampton, 1964

Oil on plywood

11 x 10 1/2 inches (28 x 27 cm)

Oil painting of a body of water with a mountain behind it. Brush strokes interweave together to create an illusion of a haze.

Trevor Shimizu
Marine Research Center, 2023
Oil on canvas
108 × 192 inches (274 × 488 cm)

View of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Four paintings hang side by side and two support pillars are present in the middle of the room.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Oil painting of a green bush in a patch of grey in front of a body of water. There is a blue and white sky and a beach in the distance.

Maureen Gallace

Early October, 2024

Oil on panel

10 x 9 inches (25 x 23 cm)

Painting in an upward angle of a leaf-less tree with grey branches against a blue background.

Sylvia Plimack Mangold

Winter Maple, 2023

Oil on linen

45 x 50 inches (114 x 127 cm)

View of a white gallery wall where two blue paintings hang side by side.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

View of a white gallery wall where two red and green paintings hang side by side.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Painting of various trees in shades of green in an opening of a forest.

Lois Dodd

Hedgerow & Trees, Fall, 1989

Oil on masonite

14 x 13 3/4 inches (36 x 35 cm)

View of the corner of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Three paintings hang side by side on the walls.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Painting with strokes of red, green and orange. Strokes make up the image of a hill and a red sky.

Brett Goodroad

from Fisk, 2024

Oil on canvas

77 1/8 x 85 inches (196 x 216 cm)

View of the corner of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Three paintings hang on the walls.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Painting of the tops of green trees. Strokes of orange create the illusion of a light or glow on the trees.

Oidie Kujipers

untitled (2024.04), 2024

Acrylic on panel

24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm)

Wide view painting of trees and bushes next to a river in a thick brown frame.

Brook Hsu

Landscape with Distance, 2024

Oil on wood

5 1/2 x 11 inches (14 x 28 cm)

View of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Six paintings hang on the walls and are separated visually into pairs by two white support columns.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

View of a white gallery wall with four paintings hung side by side.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Oil painting of two leaf-less trees with the moon present in between them. The entire painting is bathed in a blue hue.

Matthew Wong

Look, the Moon, 2019

Oil on canvas

70 x 60 inches (178 x 152 cm)

Painting of a body of water with brown and green foliage surrounding it. A person floats face up within the water in the middle of the painting.

Nathanaëlle Herbelin

Cantal, 2024

Oil on wood

18 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (46 x 54 cm)

View of gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Seven paintings hang on the wall with a large white column in the middle of the room.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Painting with multiple blocks of color and images. In the bottom of the piece are dying flowers with petals and leaves over a yellow background. In the upper corners are two small landscapes of trees in the distance with a block of pink connecting them. The rest of the painting is a dusty blue.

Thiago Hattnher

Untitled
, 2024

Oil on linen

19 x 16 inches (48 x 41 cm)

Landscape painting of a beach leading into the ocean. The sky is a dark green and there is a rectangle with an image of white flowers in the middle of the sky. In the upper part of the piece is a block of red.

Thiago Hattnher

Untitled
, 2024

Oil on linen

12 x 9 1/2 inches (30 x 24 cm)

Blue grey painting with a reddish brown block of color at the top. Centered at the bottom of the painting is a landscape of trees next to reflective water.

Thiago Hattnher
Untitled, 2024

Oil on linen

10 x 8 inches (26 x 20 cm)

Thiago Hattnher

Untitled
, 2024

Oil on linen

12 x 9 1/2 inches (30 x 24 cm)

Thiago Hattnher
Untitled, 2024

Oil on linen

10 x 8 inches (26 x 20 cm)

Landscape painting of tree trunks and flowers on the side of a hill. The colors in the painting are dark making it seem as if there is an overcast in the atmosphere.

Milton Avery

Landscape, c. 1935

Oil on canvasboard

13 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (35 x 45 cm)

View of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Four paintings hang on the walls with a white support column in the middle of the room.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Painting of a red mountain with a black sky and a pink glowing moon. “Dionysus” is engraved into the mountain.

Richard Hawkins

Dionysius, Pinkening Hole, 2021

Oil on canvas in artist’s frame

12 x 16 inches (31 x 41 cm)

A swarm of bugs over the backdrop of a body of water with a blue sky and clouds.

Erin Morris

Swarm, 2023

11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm)

View of a gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Four paintings hang on a wall in the foreground, then a fifth painting is visible in the background through a doorway.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Color blocked landscape of a hill.

Etel Adnan

Untitled, 2014

Oil on canvas

11 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (30 x 24 cm)

View of gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Five paintings are visible on the foreground walls while a fifth painting is visible through a doorway.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Oil painting of a pink flower against a backdrop of green foliage.

Lois Dodd

Queen of the Prairie, 2004

Oil on masonite

20 x 10 inches (51 x 25 cm)


View of Gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. Three green and blue paintings hang on the walls while two pedestals in the right corner display green ceramic pieces.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Oil painting of a rocky landscape. Light strokes of grey create the illusion of fog in the piece.

Trevor Shimizu

Rocks, 2021

Oil on canvas

87 × 72 inches (221 × 183 cm)

Oil painting of two round trees next to a body of water, the entire painting is bathed in a green hue.

Will Gabaldón

Two Trees and Pond, 2024

Oil on panel

12 x 12 inches (31 x 31 cm)


Oil painting of two round trees against a green field and blue sky.

Will Gabaldón

Landscape 2/27/24, 2024

Oil on linen

11 x 12 inches (28 x 31 cm)

Will Gabaldón

Two Trees and Pond, 2024

Oil on panel

12 x 12 inches (31 x 31 cm)


Will Gabaldón

Landscape 2/27/24, 2024

Oil on linen

11 x 12 inches (28 x 31 cm)

Ceramic piece glazed in various shades of green. It has a ribbed texture with peaks and valleys mimicking an ocean wave.

Simone Fattal

Wave, 2023

Glazed ceramic

4 x 12 x 13 inches (10 x 31 x 33 cm)

Ceramic piece glazed in various shades of green and maroon. It has a ribbed texture and has been formed in a tube-like shape that mimics a tornado.

Simone Fattal

Tornado, 2023

Glazed ceramic

9 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 inches (24 x 12 x 10 cm)

Simone Fattal

Wave, 2023

Glazed ceramic

4 x 12 x 13 inches (10 x 31 x 33 cm)

Simone Fattal

Tornado, 2023

Glazed ceramic

9 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 inches (24 x 12 x 10 cm)

View of gallery space with white walls and concrete floors. In the foreground are two white pedestals with green ceramic sculptures. Behind the pedestals are three paintings hung on the wall as well as a doorway revealing two more paintings.

Installation view, On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, 2024

Acrylic painting of a forest of green trees.

Oidie Kujipers

untitled (2023.25), 2023

Acrylic on panel

10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm)

Painting of a closeup sunset, bright hues of yellow imitate intense rays of sun.

Erin Morris

Sunset From The Jersey Turnpike, 2024

6 x 8 inches (15 x 20 cm)

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