Contributed by Sharon Butler / Getting recognition in the art world is difficult, but remaining relevant over the course of a lifetime is nearly impossible. […]
Group Shows
Sense and sensibility at Lennon, Weinberg
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Though skewed towards this century, the paintings in Lennon Weinberg�s elegantly expansive group show �A Few Days,� from all twenty […]
Facebook IRL
Since they started using social media in 2009, painters have been able to connect directly with one another over vast geographic regions outside the gallery […]
Revitalization by contamination: OBJECT’hood at Lesley Heller
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / The premise of “OBJECT’hood,” a group exhibition at Lesley Heller Workspace curated by Inna Babaeva and Gelah Penn, is that […]
Warp and weft: The grid at Mixed Greens
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Mixed Greens’ enterprising group exhibition “Common Thread,” on view through August 28, positions a 1973 Bauhaus grid study by […]
VERNACULAR: A painterly conversation about abstraction
By Janet Goleas / Shared from the Hamptons Art Hub / The four artists included in “Vernacular”�Eric Brown, Sharon Butler, Andrew Seto and Joyce Robins�at […]
The Painter of Modern Life, command-z, and the resurgence of abstraction
The Internet, especially through social media, facilitates a direct and immediate connection between interior and exterior worlds, and I have little doubt that this recent […]
Installation view: Paintings from Paris
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In his final show at 681 Washington Street in the West Village, Peter Makebish has curated “Paintings from Paris,” an […]
Weekend Pick: Exchange Rates in Bushwick
Expect to see an influx of Brits and other non-New Yorkers in Bushwick this weekend for Exchange Rates, also known as The Bushwick Expo, […]
Architecture as muse at Union College
If readers are up near Union College in Schenectady, NY, please check out “blueprint,” a three person exhibition in The Atrium Gallery curated by Brece […]
Last chance: Julian Pretto’s artists, at Minus Space
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Back in the 1970s, when impoverished, downtrodden New York City was on the verge of bankruptcy, gallerist Julian Pretto would […]
“Abstraction is not a cul-de-sac”
“Out of Step,” opens on Tuesday, October 8, at the Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery on the campus of New Jersey City University. Curated by Brendan […]
By any other name: Casualism at DODGE
Guest contributor: Jonathan Stevenson / Casualism � the explicit basis for Garis & Hahn�s group show �Dying on Stage� this past summer � is merely […]
Paintings made on the assembly line featured at Klaus Von Nichtssagend
At Klaus Von Nichtssagend, Sara Greenberger Rafferty has organized “Work,” an amusing exhibition of 50 small-scale paintings made by 16 artists exploring issues about labor, […]
The donut muffin: Uniting two worlds
For Tamara Gonzales and Jessica Duffett, curators of “Donut Muffin,” a lively group show on view at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects through March 10, a […]
2013: Neo-Neo-Expressionism?
In Art in America this month Raphael Rubinstein, after reading issues of AiA from thirty years ago, considers the fate of Neo-Expressionism, a movement popular […]
MsBehavior in Chelsea
In Chelsea checking out the West Chelsea Open Studios on Saturday, I stopped at ArtBridge Drawing Room to see “MsBehavior,” an exhibition featuring work by […]
Installation views: Man and beast in Bushwick
Wrapping up a week of links to contemporary figure painting shows in NYC, I’m posting images of work currently on view at Centotto and Studio […]
Abstraction in early 2012: Allen, de Oude, Hathaway, Peterson, Sable, Sanin
In geometric abstraction, doesn’t it seem as though the brushstrokes are either masked and tightly drawn, or loose and drippy these days? At Deborah Brown‘s […]
Textility: Idiosyncratic materiality at the Visual Art Center of New Jersey
To kick off the new year, I will have work� in “Textility,” a big exhibition at the Visual Art Center of New Jersey that brings […]
