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John Zinsser, “Screen Time,” 2007, alkyd enamel and oil on canvas, 66 by 72 inches. Image courtesy of James Graham & Sons, New York City.

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NEW YORK CITY — An exhibition of abstract painting by Brooklyn-based artist John Zinsser will be on view at JG/Contemporary/James Graham & Sons February 8–March 8. A full-color catalog will accompany the exhibition with an essay by critic Chris Sharp and an interview with the artist conducted by Cindi Di Marzo.

This will be Zinsser’s first exhibition with James Graham & Sons. The show will consist of approximately 12 large- and mid-sized abstract paintings, in which Zinsser continues his longstanding exploration of materiality and color.

Zinsser is well-known in the New York art world for the tough, reductive works he has exhibited over the past 20 years. Usually just two colors, his canvases juxtapose enamel and oil paint to dramatic pictorial ends. He actively draws upon the legacies of Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism to explore more urgent contemporary concerns: mechanical reproduction, new forms of automatism and, ultimately, the trace of the artist’s hand in painting.

Zinsser has been showing regularly since the late 1980s. His most recent New York exhibition, at Von Lintel Gallery in 2003, was reviewed in The New York Times and Time Out. Zinsser has long been represented in Belgium by Galerie S65. He co-founded the Journal of Contemporary Art in 1988 and has written extensively for Art in America, Artnet and other publications.

JG/Contemporary is at 32 East 67th Street. For information, 212-535-5767 or www.jamesgrahamandsons.com.