James Kalm visits the exihibition Reinventing Abstraction curated by Raphael Rubinstein at Cheim & Read, New York, on view through August 30, 2013.

Kalm notes that the show "takes a look at some artists who pushed the boundaries of abstraction, and reasserted its validity as a realm of intellectual investigation. Raphael Rubenstein has collected together prime examples of the well, and lesser known painters of this period, giving viewers a chance to confront the actual paintings that have channeled the aesthetics we are immersed in today. This exhibition includes the works of: Louise Fishman, Bill Jensen, Jonathan Lasker, Pat Steir, Jack Whitten, Elizabeth Murray, Carroll Dunham, Stanley Whitney, Terry Winters, Joan Snyder, David Reed , Mary Heilmann , Thomas Nozkowski , Gary Stephan, and Stephen Mueller."