Robert Ryman

In the late 1960s, Robert Ryman observed that “there is never a question of what to paint, but only how to paint.” On long-term view since Dia Beacon opened in 2003, these galleries uniquely represent the range of techniques that Ryman pursued throughout his career. His paintings vary broadly, from gestural to self-effacing, pristine to vigorously layered, loosely brushed to delicately applied. His repertoire of materials is just as assorted, including various types of industrial paints and rare pigments, supports, adhesives, and fixtures such as fiberglass, steel, aluminum, and wood.