Beth Urdang, believing the worst is over, has reopened her gallery on Newbury Street in Boston. In the Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid reports that Urdang’s first show includes Olga Antonova�s exquisitely rendered still life paintings. “Olga Antonova�s still life paintings explore pattern, design, and the reflective power of porcelain. In ‘Cup Pyramid on Turquoise,�’ a haphazard stack of teacups may look like a jumble, but Antonova artfully conveys the delicacy and character of each one. A tall, lavender, cylindrical cup sits at the top, a shaft of light shining on it. It looks a bit like a flower�s stamen, with the rest of the cups forming graceful, if varied, petals around it.”
“Olga Antonova: Recent paintings,” Beth Urdang, Boston, MA. Through February 10, 2010.
