Daniel Barnes reviews the exhibition David Ostrowski: Yes or Let's Say No at Simon Lee Gallery, London, on view through January 31, 2014.

Barnes writes that Ostrowski's paintings "present us with a world almost entirely drained of colour, figuration and matter – and yet they are utterly beguiling. There is something about the stark minimalism and ambiguity of these paintings which we would rather deny but simply cannot resist… Ostrowski’s is an art of striving and constantly brushing up against the immanent possibility of failure… The amazing and captivating thing about Ostrowski’s painting is the dazzling illusion of simplicity."