Exodus

Leonard Edmondson

The work of Leonard Edmondson exhibits the kind of abandon that exemplified Abstract Expressionism upon its establishment in the late 1940s. In “Exodus” he fully embraces non-representation, letting go of the need to tell a readily recognizable story and focus instead on the discovery of shape and color as they emerge from the flat surface of the plate, coaxing forth velvety tones and a gathering of lines that suggest a kind of ceremony, primitive and wild.