At CB1 Gallery, all but one of Daniel Aksten’s 10 new paintings in “Support, Edge, Variation” call to mind Minimalism. Their sharp edges, solid colors, geometric compositions and spray-painted surfaces appear to embrace the same rigorous regimentation of that keep-it-simple style from the 1960s.
The oddball, “Phanorama (Line, radius),” suggests that Aksten is too promiscuous a painter to be a Minimalist. At 5-by-5 feet, it’s the largest work in the show. It’s also the most pictorial, with solid bands, overlapping shapes and spindly linear elements evoking a tabletop still life.
