Exhibition News: Major Survey of Joan Witek OPENS AT Hunter Dunbar (Sept 4-Oct 18)
“Joan Witek: A survey of paintings, 1969-2012” at Hunter Dunbar Projects, New York
Hunter Dunbar Projects is pleased to announce a survey of works by Joan Witek (b.1943). Organized in collaboration with Artist Estate Studio, LLC, the presentation will highlight major paintings by Witek spanning over five decades—from 1969 to 2012. On view from September 4th through October 18th, 2025, the opening reception at the gallery will take place on Thursday, September 4th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
A prominent figure in the downtown New York art scene since the 1970s, Witek worked primarily in monochromatic painting: foregrounding gesture and surface, and emphasizing repetition, layering, and materiality. With echoes of Minimalism, Process Art, and Abstract Expressionism, Witek’s restrained work illustrates the artist’s long-time desire to reconcile geometry, abstraction, and emotion. “People have more feelings for proportion than they know,” she said in 1984.
