Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Russian director Alexander Sokurov�s Francofonia is a strange and intriguing film � a kind of avant-garde point-of-view documentary. Do not […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Newness: Melissa Meyer at Lennon, Weinberg
When artists experiment with a new medium or process, audaciously moving from one that they�ve fully mastered to less familiar territory, new ideas often […]
Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist: Danielle Mysliwiec
Update: Danielle arrived yesterday. Danielle Mysliwiec, assistant professor in the art department at American University, has arrived for a seven-day artist’s residency at Two Coats […]
Jonas Lund update, 2016 edition
In 2014 Jonas Lund (born 1984, Link�ping, Sweden) created a project called Flip City whereby he put tracking devices on generic-looking (i.e., Zombie Formalist) abstract […]
Quick study
A few articles this week caught my eye: an interview with Joe Bradley, a piece on a “new Rembrandt” in Amsterdam, the dirt on Trump’s […]
Catalogue essay: Raphael Rubinstein on Gary Stephan
Raphael Rubinstein originally wrote this essay for Gary Stephan‘s solo exhibition, on view through April 23, 2016, at Susan Inglett. / Some paintings pick arguments […]
Sam Jablon: Between seeing and reading
Guest contributor Adam Henry / Painter-poet Sam Jablon is poised to open a double show in April occupying both Freight + Volume�s downtown gallery and their […]
Deborah Brown: Restless exuberance
Deborah Brown�s virtuoso paintings feature rich color and tangled, looping brushstrokes that slip and slide. They embody restless exuberance. An insatiable and prolific painter, Brown […]
Catalogue essay: Robert Storr on Elena Sisto
UPDATE: On Saturday, April 2, at 2 pm, Elena Sisto and Tom Burckhardt, who has a solo show opening at Gregory Lind in San Fransisco […]
Quick study
This week we have links to the 2016 Shandaken residents, publication news, Art Basel Hong Kong, the NADA New York roster of exhibitors, the Turner […]
Laurie Sloan: The truth is out there
When I was invited to curate an exhibition at EBK Gallery in Hartford, I decided to organize a solo show of prints by Laurie […]
Link list: Recommended exhibitions around town
If you have time to see some exhibitions in New York, here are a few promising shows to check out around town. In case you […]
Lynne Harlow: Color and light
Lynne Harlow‘s elegant and evocative show at Minus Space is a meditation on the inextricable relationship between color and light. In the ten works on […]
Interview: Crystal “Kitty” Shimski with Dennis Kardon
Guest contributor Crystal “Kitty” Shimski, widely admired in the art community as a freelance Intuitive Technique Specialist and part-time Trance Inducer. Kitty usually contributes our […]
Interview: Medrie MacPhee in Ridgewood
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Medrie MacPhee’s pensively beautiful paintings first came to my attention at the 2015 American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational Exhibit. The paintings she had in the show, abstract with architectural references, featured deconstructed pieces of clothing subtly collaged onto the surfaces. MacPhee is a very accomplished artist. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she earned her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and then, in 1976, moved to NYC. Since then, she has racked up numerous shows and awards, including a Guggenheim, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, an Elizabeth Greenshields Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Grants, and Canada Council Established Artist Grants. After 25 years in a loft on the Bowery, she and her partner–filmmaker Harold Crooks–moved to Queens, where they bought a small building with first-floor garage that MacPhee has turned into a studio. We talked about image, process, surface, content, and the impulse to add clothing to her canvases.
