Contributed by Sharon Butler / In his current show at Sikkema Jenkins, Merlin James presents handcrafted relief-like objects that look like the backs of […]
Solo Shows
Mythological creature: Susan Bee
This week, after a trip to the Venice Biennale, Jerry Saltz worries about the state of the art world and suggests that younger artists have […]
Erik Saxon’s rigor and play
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Matthew Deleget from Minus Space just sent a note that included these installation shots of Erik Saxon’s exhibition, which is up through June 11. Originally from San Francisco but based in NYC since 1968, Saxon was a core member of the Radical Painting Group active in NYC during the 1970s and 1980s. The RPG stressed a return to the core concerns of painting, focusing primarily on the monochrome.
Elisabeth Condon: Walking in her own landscape
Elisabeth Condon’s exhibition at Lesley Heller reveals a painter in the prime of her painting life. Condon’s colorful, trippy paintings exude the confidence and energy […]
Rochelle Feinstein: “Painting isn�t enough for me, it really isn�t.”
Last week I stopped by On Stellar Rays to check out the excellent Rochelle Feinstein (not to be confused with Rachel Feinstein) show, comprised of […]
Isn’t it ironic?
Los Angeles-based artist Rebecca Morris’s exhibition of rough abstraction that she calls “perverse formalism” is up at Harris Lieberman Gallery through Saturday. In Time […]
Blast Radius
The other day I stopped by Winkleman Gallery to see Joy Garnett’s new paintings, and then hurried up to the Cort Theater where I had […]
In favor of improvisation: Angelina Gualdoni at Asya Geisberg
Angelina Gualdoni, “Untitled (Dusty Dusky),” 2010, acrylic and oil on canvas, 47 x 52″ Angelina Gualdoni, “Untitled (Black Swirl), 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, […]
Cordy Ryman’s itchy tactility and openendedness
Cordy Ryman, “Dudley!” 2010, acrylic & enamel on wood, 19 x 17 x 1 inches Cordy Ryman, “Waiting for Christopher,” 2010, acrylic & enamel on […]
Tom Burckhardt ransacks his influences
Through October 16 Tibor de Nagy is showing paintings by Tom Burckhardt. The exhibition comprises two bodies of related work, 157 oils […]
Jim Herbert: Where the narrow utility of porn’s attraction gives way to the whirling dervish of making
Contributed by Sharon Butler / English Kills’s new exhibition features fourteen dazzling, floor-to-ceiling paintings based on images of porn that artist Jim Herbert culled from […]
NY Times Art in Review: Kelli Williams
Kelli Williams, “Wet Bar,” 2007, oil on panel, 12 x 16″ Kelli Williams, “Oviparous,” 2009, oil on panel, 16 x 20″ According to Ken Johnson […]
Martin Bromirski’s universe
Check out Martin Bromirski’s scrappy, small-scale abstractions at John Davis through Saturday. Besides working in his studio, Bromirski blogs at anaba. The charm […]
Amy Sillman: The O-G Volume 3
While visiting Amy Sillman’s exhibition at Sikkema Jenkins this month, readers can pick up the latest volume of The O-G for a buck. Folded inside the low-budget artist booklet is a small poster, “Some Problems in Philosophy,” sort of a crib sheet to understanding the famous philosophers and their theories, from Descartes through Derrida. In hand-drawn chart form, the poster (originally made as a drawing for the show) lists the “great” and “not so great” about each. In a postscript at the bottom Sillman advises readers not to worry about Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, Elizabeth Grosz, and other women philosophers. “Women – who cares what they think?? Don’t even bother–probably minor stuff–[!]” In this terrific exhibition, Sillman drolly explores the battle between conceptual art and painting, latching onto the image of a lightbulb as both muse and model.
Dan Walsh: “Just enough humanity to keep formalist ossification at bay”
In Artforum, Michael Wilson reports that Dan Walsh’s artistic approach is so clear and careful that perhaps it’s better discussed in terms of gradual […]
