abstraction visited and revisited

Gary Paller · David Lloyd · Dena Novak · Alex Parrasch

September 20 - november 22, 2025

Los Angeles, CA — CMAY Gallery is pleased to announce ABSTRACTION VISITED AND REVISITED, an exhibition that brings together four Los Angeles–based painter —David Lloyd, Dena Novak, Gary Paller, and Alex Parrasch—whose practices, though distinct in generation and trajectory, converge in their sustained engagement with abstraction. Organized by Carl Berg and Virginia Anton in their first curatorial collaboration, the exhibition opens on September 20 and remains on view through November 22, 2025.

The curatorial premise of ABSTRACTION VISITED AND REVISITED rests on a deliberate juxtaposition of emerging and established voices within the field of abstraction. The exhibition foregrounds the simultaneity of discovery and rediscovery, acknowledging that the vitality of Los Angeles’s artistic landscape lies not only in its emerging talent but also in the persistence and reinvention of long-standing practitioners. By situating these artists together, the exhibition investigates how abstraction continues to evolve as a language across time, context, and community.