Conclusion

Flat surface, containment of forms, shape of the support, an interest for the pigments and how a painting is made and reflects the act of painting are all features Greenberg included in his definition of Post Painterly Abstraction. Center Red seems to have them all.

Looking closely at Center Red, we recognize the characteristics of linearity in design, the use of bright colors, the inclination to draw the eye of the views beyond the limits of the canvas, abandoning the emotional struggle of the Abstract Expressionism.

Despise the fact that Dzubas was not a perfect follower of Greenberg’s theories and was not completely in sync with other Post Painterly Abstractionists, he created work of art that can be easily included into what Greenberg defined as an authentically new episode in the evolution of contemporary art: Post Painterly Abstraction.1