Gary Lang: Squares

Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to present Squares, a solo exhibition of new and recent works by acclaimed California-based painter, Gary Lang. Best known for his concentric circles, Lang creates radiant, geometric paintings that pulse with color and vibrational energy.  Squares brings together a suite of square format paintings, each an exploration of color, repetition, and visual resonance, exhibited for the first time in Los Angeles.

Lang’s square paintings glow from within and ripple outward in luminous sequences. Painted in carefully measured bands that shift in tone, density, and temperature, the canvases create a rhythmic, optical experience. The colors either blend softly from one into the next or jolt from hot to cold, dark to bright, keeping the eye in constant motion. Whether softly meditative or sharply electric, the pieces share a hypnotic intensity that draws the viewer inward.

In this series, Lang constructs his paintings through a meticulous process. Each color is laid down with precision, taped and masked one layer at a time, working from the outermost square inward. The full image is not revealed until the final piece of tape is pulled. Lang, like the viewer, only sees the finished composition all at once. It’s a process rooted in discipline and repetition, but with an openness to discovery and chance. 

Lang’s practice is an ongoing dialogue with color and perception. For decades, he has explored the way hues behave in relationship to one another, how they guide the eye, and how they conjure emotional response. In Squares, color is not just a tool, it is the subject, the method, and the mystery.

This is Gary Lang's second solo exhibition with Wilding Cran Gallery.