Phenomena: Junction Red

Paul Jenkins was an American abstract painter known for his gestural, fluid compositions created by pouring and manipulating paint on canvas. Working primarily from the 1950s onward, he developed a distinctive approach that emphasized spontaneity and the physical properties of pigment itself, creating luminous fields of color that avoided rigid geometric order. His practice emerged in the postwar American avant-garde and remained consistent in its commitment to non-representational abstraction throughout his career.

Kansas City, United States