John Zinsser Paintings

New Acchitecture is a striking, contemporary work in subtle white and silver. The thick paint is luscious and sculptural. Zinnser is a respected contemporary artist and teacher and t...

The second in a series of bright orange and blue linear abstract paintings by New York artist John Zinsser. The work features a vivid field of orange punctuated by two light blue lin...

The first in a series of bright orange and blue linear abstract paintings by New York artist John Zinsser. The work features a vivid field of orange punctuated by four light blue lin...

The third in a series of bright orange and blue linear abstract paintings by New York artist John Zinsser. The work features a vivid field of orange punctuated by three light blue li...

John Zinsser (American, b. 1961) Iron City, 1997 oil on canvas signed John Zinsser, titled and dated (verso) 72 x 60 inches Done in bright vibrant shades of red. American artist John Zinsser was born in New York City in 1961 and studied art, art history and literature at Yale University (where he did his senior thesis on Andy Warhol). He co-founded Journal of Contemporary Art in 1987 and lectures at The New School. He has had over 40 solo shows in the U.S. and Europe, and is known in Europe for his association with monochrome painters of a previous generation. Zinsser has been a devotee of postwar Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism for decades. A native New Yorker, he came of age as an artist during the late 1980s and early 1990s alongside other now established abstract painters, including Richmond Burton, Gail Fitzgerald, Daniel Levine, Carl Ostendarp, Kate Shepherd, Cary Smith, Dan Walsh, Mary Weatherford, and Stephen Westfall, among others. Zinsser’s material paintings and conceptual drawings often pay homage to, expand upon, and subvert earlier precedents in NYC’s painting history, from Abstract Expressionism to Radical Painting to Post-Modernism. Zinsser interned for the architect Peter Eisenman, when he was director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City. Select Group Exhibitions 2017 Six Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, curated by Debra Drexler and Liam Davis, 2016 Carrie Moyer/David Reed/John Zinsser, Dedalus Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2012 Fabulists, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY (Four-person show with: Donald Evans...

oil and spray enamel on primed linen 18" x 12"

oil and enamel on canvas 20" x 20"

oil and enamel on canvas 18" x 18"

oil and enamel on canvas 18" x 18"

oil and enamel on canvas 48" x 48"

enamel and oil on canvas 14" x 9"

John Zinsser’s abstract paintings investigate formal properties of gestures, supports, color, and paint through simple actions and two-toned compositions that explore the relationshi...