LARRY ZOX "UNTITLED (PUSH)", 1966Larry Zox (1937 2006) was a central figure in the evolution of abstraction in American art of the 20th century. Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Oklahoma and went on to work under the tutelage of modernist Georg Grosz at the Des Moines Art Centre. Zox moved to New York City and established his reputation by the mid 1960's. His studio was located on 20th Street and he was surrounded and inspired by a melting pot of jazz

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to plaster these "Truism" sheets and her "Inflammatory Essays"

Town used everyday objects to create these designs

and evolve with the complex and nuanced subject matter they took on

While Town's abstract works had traditionally been critically and commercially embraced

we can see varying shapes and thicknesses in the paint application

Literature: "General Idea: Editions 1969-1994" catalog number 9204

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Fortunately in recent years

The extreme size of the "pill" can be similarly understood as how cumbersome and consuming the medical regimen of the day was