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"Though not detailed or sharply focused, Mr. Kapp's paintings are almost photographic in the way they freeze action, crop the visual field at oblique angles and capture stark contrasts of glare and shadow. They have a dreamy, mildly hallucinatory air and a mood of Hopperesque melancholy . . . Mr Kapp's angular compositions, decisive gestures and painterly energy reflect the harsh kinetic beauty of the city itself"
New York Times

"Much of the interest in Kapp's work stems from his mixed style, as he shifts effortlessly from abstraction to realism and back again . . . Kapp's art is both physical and conceptual, a material demonstration of painting's ability to represent, and, at the same time, a reflection of the artist's awareness of intellectual aspects of art-making."
Art in America

"His bird's eye views of lower Manhattan pulsate with deft brushwork and a kind of signature calligraphy that renders cars and trucks into staccato zips of paint. Large areas of light an shadows are gouged and plowed out of off-white, halo-blue and black. For all the motion and physical activity, these are quietly appealing works. They feel like the silence that follows traffic noise, or the emotional distance of standing behind plate glass."
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