Kuntz

Nowicki had called Kuntz, so Nowicki was alive, and that was good.

Four To Score Evanovich, Janet 1998

This stylistic shift away from gestural abstraction was in sync with the times and Kuntz was included in the first national survey of Pop Art organized by Artforum magazine in 1963.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

These geometric paintings, dating from 1959 to 1962, centered on urban structures such as concrete canyons, underpasses, ramps, pedestrian spirals, tunnels and signs carved in deep shadow and light; they embodied Kuntz's search for the union of formal abstraction and mundane reality.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

This stylistic shift away from gestural abstraction was in sync with the times and Kuntz was included in the first national survey of Pop Art organized by Artforum magazine in 1963.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

Believing that post-war abstract expressionism had run its course and that the time was ripe for the reappearance of structure in art that communicated to the viewer, Kuntz embarked on several painting series, culminating in the nationally acclaimed Freeway Series.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

These geometric paintings, dating from 1959 to 1962, centered on urban structures such as concrete canyons, underpasses, ramps, pedestrian spirals, tunnels and signs carved in deep shadow and light; they embodied Kuntz's search for the union of formal abstraction and mundane reality.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

This stylistic shift away from gestural abstraction was in sync with the times and Kuntz was included in the first national survey of Pop Art organized by Artforum magazine in 1963.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

In 1962, Life magazine published a special issue on the state of California; it focused on five artists: Stanton MacDonald Wright, John McLaughlin, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston and Roger Kuntz.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

Believing that post-war abstract expressionism had run its course and that the time was ripe for the reappearance of structure in art that communicated to the viewer, Kuntz embarked on several painting series, culminating in the nationally acclaimed Freeway Series.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012

Believing that post-war abstract expressionism had run its course and that the time was ripe for the reappearance of structure in art that communicated to the viewer, Kuntz embarked on several painting series, culminating in the nationally acclaimed Freeway Series.

Bill Bush: The Place Is the Thing: This Artweek.LA (January 2, 2012) Bill Bush 2012