Los Angeles Times, Friday,
July 12, 1985
Santa Monica
…On View are cool, atmospheric
abstractions by Bruce Dean. Working
with muted grays, magentas, blues and
pinks, Dean executes what could be
described as high-tech sunsets. A loose
geometric grid is broken up with a
recurring fan/shell configuration that
looks as if it was applied with a squeegee.
This is staunchly traditional work,
steeped in the tenets of modern painting.
It’s also as lush and pretty
as any self respecting West Coast art
should be. You can see the Pacific
in these pictures. (Karl Bornstein,
1662 12th St., to Aug. 24.)
-KRISTINE McKENNA