The Battle of the Abstract Expressionists,
as Mary Ran of Ran Gallery playfully calls her current show, could be a
draw between the artists, but color rules in the works of each. Two
well-known, deeply committed 20th century Cincinnati artists, Jack
Meanwell and Paul Chidlaw, both practiced abstract expressionism — as
opposed to non-objective art, in which tangible subject matter has been
thrown out entirely — and both used color with visceral pleasure.
