“Stingel’s work demonstrates an acute awareness of the aspirations, failures and challenges to Modernist painting, while at the same time expressing a sincere belief in painting itself, focusing on formal characteristics including colour, gesture, composition, and, most importantly, surface.” (G. Carrion Murayari, "Untitled," in Rudolf Stingel, exh. cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007, p. 111.)