In the NY Times Ken Johnson declares that “Glossolalia: Languages of Drawing� is the most exciting exhibition of drawings the Museum of Modern Art has […]
Author: Sharon Butler
Cohen’s picks for June solo shows
David Cohen writes in the NY Sun that there are still several solos to catch in June before the galleries hang their summer group shows. […]
Louis Cameron in St. Louis
In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Bonetti writes that initially he thought Louis Cameron’s paintings were in league with the hard-edged geometric abstraction of Mondrian, […]
Piet in Pitt
If you’ve never been to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, you probably haven’t seen many of the Piet Mondrian paintings on view at the Andy […]
Angela Dufresne: Immediately from life
Angela Dufresne’s work is included in “Get up off our Knees” at Monya Rowe through June 7th, and presented in a solo show, “Twilight of […]
Takanori Oguiss: Another painting-in-a-dumpster story
�The colors weren�t attractive. The frame was ugly � this just wasn�t anything I could put on my wall and be proud of,� clueless Tammy […]
30 Chinese painters make quake painting to raise funds
A group of 30 Chinese artists, inspired by the tenacity and unity of their people in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, have returned from […]
NY Times Art in Review: Nelson, Mitchell, Rauch
“Dona Nelson: In Situ, Paintings, 1973-Present,” Thomas Erben, New York, NY. Through May 31. Roberta Smith: “There are many ways a New York museum could […]
Kate Bright’s silent winters in Philadelphia
London-based painter Kate Bright presents eight new paintings which, like her previous work, depict snow-laden trees. The tightly cropped images of the freshly-fallen snow are […]
Aho at Alpha
In the Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid reports that Eric Aho’s earnest new paintings of the icy Vermont landscape are wild in more ways than one. […]
“It’s such a kick, seeing things…that’s where it starts”
Alexandre Gallery sent me a link to a thoughtful video interview of Lois Dodd in her studio. Dodd talks about the painting process, why she […]
Rosa Loy’s Leipzig dreamworld
At artnet Charlie Finch absolutely swoons over Leipzig artist Rosa Loy’s new paintings. “Rosa is not afraid to blatantly paint-check her influences: languid nymphs sampling […]
Clement Greenberg vs. Harold Rosenberg
In The New Yorker Peter Schjeldahl reports that The Jewish Museum’s chief curator, Norman L. Kleeblatt, has focussed “Action/Abstraction” on the writers, interspersing paintings and […]
Rodney Graham examines modernist myths and moments in Morris Louis tableau
Rodney Graham’ show at 303 Gallery (loathed by bloggers for their “no photography allowed” policy) consists of drip paintings styled in the manner of Morris […]
Lost in Space: Art Post-Studio
This essay, which examines the evolving studio needs and expectations among contemporary artists, originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of The Brooklyn Rail.——- Contributed […]
