NEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Haller Gallery presents GREGORY JOHNSTON: XV, new paintings of the artist’s signature style: suggestions of calligraphic gestures (described by critic George Melrod as “icons of textual beauty”) within a canvas divided into formal, almost architectural drawing. The exhibition opened February 24th and runs through April 2nd. These new paintings deal with familiar aspects of Johnston’s practice: raw pigments in earth tones suspended in amber Alkyd varnish: ethereal grounds that suspend overlays of formal architectural elements. In this series Johnston also explores new found philosophical approaches to picture-making based primarily on his reading of the writings of Maurice Nicoll, particularly his “Invisibility of Oneself”. Johnston strives to transform the two dimensional plane of canvas to one of multidimensional depth. His focal element begins in a central window of two dime