Kirsten Swenson originally wrote this catalogue essay for Permanent Maintenance, Peter Soriano‘s wall drawing project, on view through August 21, 2016, at the Colby College […]
Author: Sharon Butler
IMAGES: Student work
Since I skipped the art fairs last week, I had time to stop by a few vibrant (but short-run) student exhibitions. Here are images of […]
Art and Film: Children as materials in The Family Fang
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Artists� instrumentalization of their children in their work intuitively seems to breach the parental duty of protection, and to exploit […]
Invitation: $50 Stock Club, a conversation with Peter Soriano
UPDATE (Sunday, May 8, 3pm): Both events are fully booked. // This week I’ll be leading two events. The first, $50 Stock Club, takes place […]
Frieze Weekend
UPDATE: Fair paralysis set in this year, and, overwhelmed by the number of things going on (Frieze, NADA, Portal, etc.), I opted to go to […]
Studio visit: Elizabeth Hazan in DUMBO
Recently stopped by Elizabeth Hazan‘s studio to check out her glowing new abstractions–lyrical paintings that reference the landscape of her childhood. We talked about her […]
Amy Lincoln: Twilight zone
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Luminous, though an overused adjective in art writing, is an apt one for Amy Lincoln�s edgy new paintings, mainly of […]
Alicia Gibson: The awkward early years
I’m squeamish about revisiting all the sketchbooks and journals from my early years, when I had no idea what art was about but still had […]
Robert Yoder: How stories became paintings
Notwithstanding his striking show “JAME6,” currently at Frosch & Portmann, Robert Yoder told me he had been angry and depressed last year and that painting […]
The gap between: “Unfinished” at the Met Breuer
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In recent years, artists have been interested in “slippage.” In painting, that often translates into an exploration of the space […]
Quick study
This week I’ve got links to articles about the Venice Biennale, art blogging grants, James Franco, the trilogy of Samuel Beckett plays at NYU, Margie […]
Rachel Beach and Julia Gleich: Strength and precarious balance
Pairing artists with choreographers often produces transcendent results, and it has a venerable tradition�Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham, for instance. Earlier this month, I was […]
Raoul De Keyser: The loss of certainty
“Drift,” the sublime Raoul De Keyser exhibition on view at David Zwirner through April 23, was organized around a group of 22 small paintings known […]
Record Store Day: Amy Feldman, Thurston Moore, and Frank Rosaly
Artists often contribute artwork for album and CD covers–something listeners don’t get when they download music files from the Internet. Recently, Thurston Moore and Frank […]
Painting Picks: Lower East Side
If you have time to see some exhibitions in New York, here are a few promising shows to check out on the Lower East Side, […]
