Glen Goldberg / the presence in paint

Glenn Goldberg (b. 1953, Bronx, NY) is a singular and idiosyncratic figure within contemporary painting. His works are meticulously crafted through a systematic mark-making process that resembles stitching atop demarcated fields of vibrant color. His paintings recall sources as varied as Persian rugs, Tibetan mandalas, Aboriginal picture-making, and the flat, spaceless graphics of early video games. Goldberg’s work is held in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the High Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and the National Gallery of Art, among others.