Robert Storr originally wrote the following catalogue essay about Rick Briggs‘s unusual paintings, and he has graciously allowed Two Coats of Paint to republish it. […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Two Coats of Paint Resident: Peter Scherrer
I’m pleased to announce that West Coast painter Peter Scherrer is arriving on March 11 for a seven day artist’s residency at Two […]
Paul D�Agostino�s pictorial discursiveness
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Given the demonstrated capability, energy, and ambition of Bushwick artist, gallerist, and all-purpose cultural maven Paul D�Agostino, that he would […]
The Swerve: When gone-wrong goes right
In The Swerve, a 2012 Pulitzer prize-winning work of non-fiction (subtitle: How the World Became Modern), author Stephen Goldblatt looks at one man’s decision […]
IMAGES: Susan Smith @ Junior Projects
Susan Smith’s timeless constructions, on view at Junior Projects through February 27, fuse the detritus of urban demolition with a Minimalist aesthetic, making order out […]
Final exam: Identify these unpublished images from the archive
UPDATE (February 14): Sorry that I took so long correcting the exams! The reader with the most correct answers is Deborah Brown, a result which […]
See my friends: Owen James Gallery
Editor’s note. Our new column, “See My Friends,” serves a dual purpose: to share information about young/small/hungry/idealistic galleries doing ambitious and interesting things in lesser […]
Art and Film: Thief�s incomparable visual grit
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Michael Mann�s brilliant 1981 neo-noir film Thief � showing in BAM�s February 5-16 Mann retrospective � is paradoxically celebrated for […]
Sweet direction for Carolanna Parlato
An exploration of color, light and gesture are the core of Carolanna Parlato’s new paintings on view through Saturday at Elizabeth Harris. The dense geometric […]
Peter Dudek on Presentational Sculpture*
Guest Contributor Peter Dudek / Lately a presentational mode of sculpture has been popping up all about. The hallmarks are a casual yet formal […]
Gyan Shrosbree: Open Studio at Two Coats of Paint
On Thursday, February 11, 5 pm – 9pm, I’m hosting an Open Studio for Two Coats artist-in-residence Gyan Shrosbree. A 2000 graduate of the MFA […]
Quick study
Contributed by Sharon Butler / This edition of “Quick study” includes the inaugural show at the Met Breuer, Spring/Break’s roster of curators, The Review Panel, […]
Sculptural objects around town
Contributed by Sharon Butler / The return of the sculptural object that was highlighted so beautifully in “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1 continues this […]
Email: Meeting Alan Neider
Connecticut-based artist Alan Neider has been making art for over forty years, and for the past few we have been corresponding. Long before combining painting […]
Fred Valentine’s grunge sensibility
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Fred Valentine made his wryly haunting charcoal chiaroscuro drawings of real people — some sweet and tender others damaged and […]
Recommended: “Introductions 2016” at Trestle
When viewing big group shows of unfamiliar artists, I always find something to like. But at �Introductions 2016,� an exhibition of fifty artists at Trestle […]
Raphael Rubinstein in conversation with Jonathan Lasker
When Raphael Rubinstein sat down with Jonathan Lasker at Cheim & Read, they discussed Lasker’s process, imagery, and his relationship to Abstract Expressionism and Action […]
Tracking Loren MacIver
The snow on the fire escape this morning (courtesy of superstorm Jonas) reminded me of this 2008 piece about Loren MacIver that I originally published […]
UES: Rudolf Stingel, Alex Katz, Jane Kent, David Storey, Richard Diebenkorn
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Long, long ago, when paint-on-canvas art making was deemed irrelevant, painters began exploring experimental processes to make painting-like wall pieces […]
Starry night: Katherine Bradford at Canada
According to her son Arthur’s poignant post on Facebook, Katherine Bradford moved to New York in the 1980s with two small children in tow. For […]
