John Haber reviews Michael Goldberg: Making His Mark at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, on view through March 14, 2015.

Haber writes: "Interpretations of Abstract Expressionism long divided between the poles of Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, of grid and gesture. Goldberg makes clear how much they share—and how much they remain relevant for art to come. He treats paintings and drawings much the same way. Oil might be the medium for works on paper, along with blackboard chalk from an artist never above lecturing, while canvas might hold pastel and charcoal as well. And both hold a distinct range of color and feeling. Goldberg runs to violet and orange along with primaries and plenty of black. He includes lipstick reds unlike even de Kooning’s—and that without a woman in sight. Paint takes on physical weight, but without Hoffman’s floating rectangles."