"What You See Is What You See"

"The easels came down, many preferring to work directly on the wall or floor and on a large scale. Frank Stella's 'Damascus Gate I' measures 32 feet long. 'When you stand very close [to the paintings], your periphery is gone and you become enveloped by it,' said Williams."

Liesl Bradner at the Los Angeles Times discusses the Norton Simon Museum's recent exhibit, "Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties."