William Steiger

Sugarloaves
April 18 – June 7

A minimalistic landscape painting by William Steiger depicting a serene scene with a lush green hill on the left and a rocky formation on distant water under a pale sky.
Three gray, rocky hills of varying sizes are depicted in a minimalist style against a plain white background. The hills, reminiscent of William Steiger's work, are positioned in a linear arrangement with the largest in the middle, slightly overlapping the others.
A minimalist landscape in the style of William Steiger features a long, horizontal stretch of rocky coastline and cliffs with sparse green vegetation against a stark white background. The scene is tranquil and simple, emphasizing the shapes and lines of the natural features.
Yellow kayak by William Steiger lying on its side with the hull partially visible, against a plain white background.
A minimalist animated image of gray and white mountains, inspired by William Steiger, gracefully moving against a clean, white background, creating a serene and simplistic landscape scene.
A serene coastal scene featuring large rocky outcrops and cliffs, reminiscent of a William Steiger painting, rising from a calm body of water. The cliff tops are covered in green grass, and there are distant mountainous formations under a clear, light blue sky. The water is smooth and reflective.
A pattern of crumpled fabric designed to resemble a mountainous landscape against a plain, off-white background, echoing the style of William Steiger.
A minimalist landscape portraying several snow-covered hills or icebergs floating in water, set against a plain, light gray background. Notable achievements in the depiction of serene and stark natural beauty are evident within this artwork.
An aerial view of a stylized landscape reminiscent of William Steiger, featuring a winding white river cutting through a patchwork of geometric fields in varying shades of green and yellow. Small clusters of tiny trees line the riverbanks, adding minimalistic details to the scene.
A painting by William Steiger depicting a winding river flowing through a landscape of geometric, patchwork fields in shades of green, yellow, and brown. The fields are interspersed with small, evenly spaced trees. The style is abstract with clean lines and minimal details.
Abstract artwork depicting a stylized aerial view of curved and rectangular colorful fields, with small silhouetted trees dotted along winding paths.
A minimalist, geometric aerial view artwork in the style of William Steiger features a white, winding river cutting through a patchwork of green, yellow, and tan fields. Sparse, stylized trees line the riverbanks, creating a clean, modern visual effect.

Press Release

Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Sugarloaves, a new body of work by New York-based painter William Steiger.

Sugarloaves includes a new series of paintings from Steiger depicting rivers and islands, who has typically depicted icons of our industrial past: grain towers, cable cars, bridges, tunnels, rail cars, and Ferris wheels. These subjects, while Modern Precisionist in look, depict not the Modernist reverie for the industrial sublime, but rather express nostalgia for a simpler worldview. This sentiment carries over into his new work, which is softer in look and feel while still embodying Steiger’s technical tropes. Inspired by summers in Maine and the American landscape, Steiger maps out these economic paintings in his NY studio from drawings and memory, relying on imagination to convey his quiet vision. The show depicts islands and aerial views of rivers softly meandering through grid-like landscapes, belying a romantic whimsy reminiscent of Steiger’s own impression of the world. The white luminosity of the foreground and background in the island images and of the river itself teases the eye into focus. The lack of human presence and flat handling of paint illustrate Steiger’s own sense of order and create a near-perfect image.

William Steiger’s work has been widely exhibited including solo shows at the Queens Museum of Art and Gallery Ihn in Seoul, Korea. He is featured in several prominent collections, including MOMA, the Whitney, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Educated at Yale University, Steiger received his Master’s degree there in 1989.

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Dates: April 18–June 7, 2008
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11 am–4 pm
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
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