Jonathan Lasker is an American abstract painter best known for his works incorporating biomorphic shapes, geometric patterns, and gestural graffiti marks within a shared pictorial space. Lasker works within the traditions of artists such as Philip Guston and Robert Ryman, focusing his efforts on reimagining pictorial ideas within the material constraints of painting. “My goal is to bring the viewer to the threshold of narrativity without crossing over,” the artist has explained, “to bring the viewer to the state of pure pictorially.” Born in 1948 in Jersey City, NJ, Lasker attended the School of Visual Arts in New York before studying at the California Institute of Arts, where he received his MFA. Lasker’s works are in the collections of The...