Paintings
Paula Barr with her painting New Lost City at Bykert Gallery, New York, NY, March 1, 1975. Photo: Laura Benson.
New Lost City 1974. acrylic, dyes, lacquer on canvas, Left panel: 89 x 46 in (226.1 x 116.8) Center panel: 40 x 40 in (101.6 x 101.6 cm) Right panel: 12 x 54 in (30.5 x 137.2 cm)
Painting was Barr’s first passion. During the early 1970s, she established her reputation through various group exhibitions at the Bykert Gallery exhibiting alongside artists such as Brice Marden, Ralph Humphry, and Dorothea Rockburne, among others. Her paintings, purely abstract, were distinguished for their expressive yet controlled gestures that seemingly assimilated color field painting with a minimalist ideal. Her work was selected for inclusion in the Whitney Biennial in 1973.
Selected group exhibitions include: Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama (1997), The New York State Museum, New York (1989), Ingbar Gallery, Boston (1976), the Whitney Biennial (1977, 1973), Newark Museum, New Jersey (1973), Bykert Gallery, New York (1972), The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1977, 1971).
