While out in Los Angeles, I learned about In The Make: Studio Visits with Artists and Designers, a collaborative online project between between photographer Klea […]
Month: February 2012
IMAGES: Frederick Hammersley’s hunches
Is it possible to be an emerging artist when you’re dead? Yes. Frederick Hammersley (American, 1919-2009) worked in Los Angeles for many years, until in […]
Handmade, utopic, urgent and obsessive
I just landed in DC, so I probably won’t get to Airplane before “Facture” closes on Sunday, but the installation shots on their website look […]
Quick study: Psychedelic edition
� Ken Johnson, NY Times art critic and author of Are You Experienced: How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art, gushes over Terry Winters new paintings, […]
Art Appreciation quiz
In honor of the College Art Association’s Annual Conference that takes place in Los Angeles this week, I’ve prepared a quiz not unlike the identification […]
IMAGES: Michael Bauer
In the fantastic group exhibition at Foxy Productions, “Bauer, Croxson, Lichty, Wood,” Michael Bauer (German, born 1973) presents diminutive paintings that suggest a new direction […]
A painter in The Ungovernables @ New Museum: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
The 2012 New Museum Triennial, which opens today, features thirty-four artists, artist groups, and temporary collectives�totaling over fifty participants�born between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s, many […]
From the DC art community: Tim Doud and Zo� Charlton
Last week I went to Mira Schor’s lively talk, “Voice and Speech,” at American University, where she discussed one of my favorite topics: painting, writing […]
Two Coats of Paint @ The College Art Association Annual Conference
Best known as the hellish interview hub for hundreds of recent MFA grads, the College Art Association Annual Conference, which takes place February 21-25 at […]
Must read: James Elkins deciphers the Art Critique
Contributed by Sharon Butler / After participating in final critiques at Brooklyn College and MICA last semester, I posted some notes for grad students about […]
In LA: Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia’s woven paper grids
CB1 presents intriguing new pieces by Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia this month. His work references diverse sources ranging from personal anecdotes to art-historical and ethnographic motifs, and […]
Quick Study: Residency Opportunities
I just received an email with a long listing of artist opportunities, so I thought I’d share a few. When I see residencies like this […]
John Yau: Observation and abstraction
A while back I mentioned that John Yau, poet, former arts editor at The Brooklyn Rail, and one of the masterminds of Hyperallergic Weekend, was […]
Lovably prolific: Chris Martin (again)
Chris Martin is like a god to young abstract painters, so when the lovably prolific maestro presents new work, celebration ensues. The raucous paintings in his current show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash don’t disappoint–they feature much of his familiar imagery and go-to materials like glitter, newspaper collage, and sewn-together tarps.
Allison Miller’s eccentricity
Allison Miller’s first major NYC show is a knockout. Citing inspiration from disparate sources such as Vuillard, Fontana, and Magritte, Miller’s edgy, mid-size paintings manage […]
