Contributed by Sharon Butler / Fearless painter Jered Sprecher counts quilts, children�s drawings, signage and gemstones among the diverse source material for his new work […]
Solo Shows
In her own words: Kyle Staver
“Sharon Butler: Precisionist Casual” at Pocket Utopia
From the press release: Pocket Utopia is pleased to present “Precisionist Casual,” a solo exhibition of new paintings by Sharon Butler. The exhibition will […]
Quote of the Day: Walter Robinson
“I just can’t get into the radical masquerade that the art world is. That’s why I paint like I do. I’m not pretending to be […]
Umarmung or marsha’s two ways: Joan Waltemath @ Pulse
Contributed by Sharon Butler / If you’re in Miami, check out Joan Waltemath’s paintings at Elizabeth Leach’s booth in Pulse. Readers might remember that Waltemath […]
Joshua Neustein: Control freak
Joshua Neustein (b. 1940), who showed his first deconstructed painting, Shear Stress, at Mary Boone Gallery in 1978, is having his first NYC solo in […]
Invitation: Gone Wrong at Real Art Ways
Contributed by Sharon Butler / And now, a shameless plug for my show at Real Art Ways in Hartford, Connecticut, which is up through November […]
When old-school is new: Michelle Segre at Derek Eller
At The Brooklyn Rail this month, Elizabeth Baker, former editor of Art in America, served as guest editor to the Art section, asking contributors to […]
Ariel Dill: The roots (and limbs) of abstraction
n Williamsburg yesterday, I stopped by Southfirst to see Ariel Dill’s exhibition “Oscillations,” a thought-provoking show of eight small paintings that take early 20th-century experimental […]
John Yau: Observation and abstraction
A while back I mentioned that John Yau, poet, former arts editor at The Brooklyn Rail, and one of the masterminds of Hyperallergic Weekend, was […]
Ralph Fasanella: Defending the 99%
In his review of Jubilation/Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined, the new exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, Ken Johnson neglected to mention that there […]
Green light: Peter Halley in Portland
On Sunday, “Prison,” Peter Halley’s first exhibition in the Northwest, opens at Disjecta, a non-profit space in Portland. The site-specific installation is a digitally generated […]
Sunday Matinee: Gary Stephan
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Gary Stephan (American, b. 1942), a painter who used to show at big galleries like Mary Boone Gallery, Hirschl and […]
Sadcore: Robert Yoder at Frosch & Portmann
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Robert Yoder’s new collages and paintings combined with found papers have a downbeat quality inspired by the sadcore music he’s […]
Susan Rothenberg’s disparate images
Susan Rothenberg, “Raven,” 2010, oil on canvas, 87 1/2 x 75 1/8.” Contributed by Sharon Butler / Susan Rothenberg’s show at Sperone Westwater features […]
