John Russell, New York Times, July 4, 1980
"They are paintings that make an immediate impression by reason of their ordered complexity, their perfection of craftsmanship and the dexterity with which Mr. Cohen sends us spinning through some remarkably ambiguous spaces ...
If you imagine a mating of Fernand Leger's painting 'La Ville', a still life from Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis', and one of Roy Lichtenstein's more elaborate fantasies, you will have an approximate idea of what Mr. Cohen is up to."
"They are paintings that make an immediate impression by reason of their ordered complexity, their perfection of craftsmanship and the dexterity with which Mr. Cohen sends us spinning through some remarkably ambiguous spaces ...
If you imagine a mating of Fernand Leger's painting 'La Ville', a still life from Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis', and one of Roy Lichtenstein's more elaborate fantasies, you will have an approximate idea of what Mr. Cohen is up to."
Vivien Raynor, New York Times, May 1, 1981
"One of Mr. Cohen's good-looking canvases is named after breccia, a type of rock composed of pebbles cemented together by natural forces ... Meticulously, almost tenderly painted in high-keyed oil colors, these are pattern paintings except that their elements advance and recede (to multiple vanishing points) and cast shadows. Despite their decorative colors, Mr. Cohen could be the Piranesi for New York."
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breccia, 66" x 84" - NFS