For Strut, Gregory Coates plays with ideas of entry and exit, seeing the works in one way and then turning around to view them in another light, as well as the journey (strut) of experiencing the artwork. Upon entering the gallery, the viewer is met by a floor-to-ceiling black rubber “painting” resembling bamboo.

Coates received The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, The New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and the Edward Mitchell Bannister Society’s Artistic Achievement Award. His work is in the collections of The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Microsoft Corporation and Phillip Morris.