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 […]
Group Shows
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Painting a new path at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific
Ninety-seven-year-old Oshino Okuda (pictured above) regularly attends painting classes at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. Although her late husband was an artist, she was […]
New flatfile project grows in Brooklyn
Kris Graves Projects and Pocket Utopia are teaming up to create new a works-on-paper flatfile project in Brooklyn. The flatfile, which will be on view […]
My new neighbor: Sol Lewitt’s “Wall Drawing 978”
Four students from Eastern Connecticut State University, where I’ve been a faculty member since 2000, are in the process of creating a Sol LeWitt mural, […]
Upcoming shows: Inside and out
“HOME,” Westport Arts Center Main Gallery April 3 � June 1, 2009Westport Arts Center�s exhibition HOME, curated by Eric Aho, features paintings and drawings that […]
