Galleria Il Ponte, in the cycle close up, presents in the lounge Syntax II, exhibition by Robert C. Morgan: series of works on canvas and paper in mixed media, made in 2006-2014, are shown.

While known to some as a writer and art critic, Robert C. Morgan has also maintained a career as an exhibiting artist for more than forty years.  In 1970, he began painting abstract geometric shapes as a form of visual language while living in Santa Barbara, California. Conflating a Minimalist with a Constructivist approach to painting, Morgan rejected the large-scale format in favor of a modest scale that retained an architectural, often modular presence. While his metallic and graphite forms may reflect light, the burnt umber, ochre, and ultramarine absorbs it at the same moment. Upon moving to New York in 1989, he clarified his position as a Classical abstract painter in the Eastern sense, thinking of space as void (sunyata), and light as energy.  Meaning is derived through syntax in which the modular shapes function equally together through form, light and the application of brushwork.