“Chavela” is dominated by its background’s rhythmic gradation from deep burgundy to blood red and faded orange. An iconic form made of intersecting ovals, a circle, and a cylinder appears on the stage of this soothing set-up. It is hard to define if it is emerging from behind the curtain of infinity or receding into it. Its mirage-like presence is mysterious and yet, in its delineation, it is as undeniable as ... http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/11/artseen/the-work-of-stephen-mueller-1947-2011