JULES OLITSKI "TORTUGA" 1985 Kenneth Nolans bands the intensity of the ink

the intensity of the ink and of course the bold numbering

But Olitski requires you to get up close to the work

faces and events from Coney Island to the Bowery and Greenwich Village

disrupting the voyeuristic nature of this work by making his presence known

Blue ballpoint pen on manila paper

JULES OLITSKI "TORTUGA" 1985 Kenneth Nolans bands the intensity of the inkJules Olitski (1922 2007) is one of Caviar20's favorite abstract artists of the 20th century. Over the course of his career, his aesthetic evolved in startling and fascinating ways. Through much of the 1970s Olitski explored anti color and created paintings in distinctively muted almost anemic tones; pale grey, bleached beige, chalky peach, ghost white. In the 1980s Olitski embarked on a new chapter of art making; more exuberant and textured. Similar