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, […]
Group Shows
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 […]
Artists as curators: Stephen Truax
Curating shows has become an integral part of many artists’ practices, and the essays they craft to accompany the shows are often akin to expanded […]
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 […]
Last Chance: Idiot’s Delight at Janet Kurnatowski
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Curated by Craig Olson, “Idiot’s Delight” at Janet Kurnatowski is about joy, materiality, a wholehearted embrace of the impractical. “It’s […]
Sneaky funny in Ridgewood
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Artists Jonathan Terranova and Matthew Mahler opened Small Black Door in late 2010 to mount some interesting shows by emerging […]
Inaugural exhibition: Against the Tide
Robert Yoder, (Seattle, WA) “Untitled (The Beach),” 2009, oil on panel, plexiglass, found papers, 23 x 15 inches. Private collection Not all contemporary (or modern) […]
Artists who curate: “Creating opportunities for felicitous constellations”
The other day Austin Thomas, who is feeling overwhelmed with emails from struggling artists, blogged some career advice. Rather than continually ask other people for […]
Inside the painter’s head
The paintings that Stephanie Theodore has assembled in “Three” each seem to suggest a narrative, but rather than recounting dreary visual facts, the painters opt […]
Abstract Friday in Bushwick and the Bronx
Curator Jon Lutz’s latest project, “Beach on the Moon,” an exhibition co-curated with Jamison Brosseau, is on display at WILDLIFE this Friday, April 29, 7-11pm. […]
Greetings from Nudashank and the Transmodern Festival
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I recently received a note from Seth Adelsberger and Alex Ebstein at Nudashank, an independent artist-run space in Baltimore, about […]
Geometry is real
Rico Gatson, “Mystery Object,” 2011, paint, wood, glitter and plexi-glass. Rico Gatson, “Mask,” 2010, paint wood and glitter. Rico Gatson,”Sojourner Truth,” 2011, oil on canvas. […]
Timothy Buckwalter’s vision
. “Twist and Crawl,” the first of a three-part exhibition curated by artist Timothy Buckwalter, blends more than […]
Making our post-neo-faux-expressionist-pre-figurative-proto-conceptual heads spin
EJ Hauser, “sci-fi,” 2010, oil on canvas, 16″ wide x 20″ high x 1.75″ deep. Rosanna Bruno’s studio. Courtesy Elisabeth Condon’s blog. An […]
The French connection at Cheim & Read
Louise Fishman, “Violets For My Furs,” 2010, oil on jute, 50 x 42″ Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), “Untitled,” circa 1967, oil on canvas, 10 1/2 […]
In the attic: Abstract easel paintings from 1920-50
Esphyr Slobodkina’s “Small Abstraction in Tans.” Photo: Slobodkina Foundation Lidy Prati, “Concreto,” 1945 Rosa Acle The first exhibition to bring together […]
