In The Brooklyn Rail this month, John Yau writes about Robert Ryman. “Ryman�s works quietly but insistently call for enhanced looking, of becoming aware of […]
Solo Shows
Paul Corio: Well observed color in Brooklyn
Paul Corio at 210 Gallery, installation views. At artcritical.com, Stephen Maine reports that the color in Paul Corios paintings is derived from the artists […]
Chris Barnard’s grinding metaphors
Chris Barnard, “No Exit (Source of Friction: Unpredictable actions of other actors),” 2007, oil on canvas, 84 x 62″ Detail, “No Exit” In the […]
Elizabeth Gourlay’s simple means
Elizabeth Gourlay, “Portolano 2.” Images from a studio visit with Elizabeth Gourlay in August, 2009. My quiet Connecticut neighbor, Elizabeth Gourlay, paints allegories. […]
Burchfield in Buffalo and LA
In the LA Times, Christopher Knight calls the Hammer Museum’s Charles Burchfield show, organized by artist Robert Gober, breathtaking. In ArtNews, Hilarie M. Sheets reports […]
Tworkov’s first comprehensive NYC survey opens this week
Jack Tworkov in his Provincetown studio. Photo by � Arnold Newman, for an article written by Robert Hatch, “At The Tip Of Cape Cod,” July […]
NY Times Art in Review: Powhida, Katz, Minter
“WILLIAM POWHIDA: The Writing Is on the Wall,” Schroeder-Romero, New York, NY. Through May 16 Holland Cotter: William Powhida, art world vigilante, virtuoso draftsman, compulsive […]
Louise Fishman: Ignoring aesthetic wanderlust
Contributed by Sharon Butler / In the May issue of The Brooklyn Rail I take a look at Louise Fishman’s recent show at Cheim & Read. When I saw the show, I had the same feeling I had at Susan Rothenberg’s recent show and had to write about it. Here’s an excerpt from the review.
Peter Saul: “Monument to garish, adolescent overkill”
In the NY Observer, Mario Naves reports that Peter Saul’s paintings at David Nolan aren’t as funny or caustic as they should be. “Bernie Madoff […]
NY Times Art in Review: Richard Tuttle, Richard Phillips
“Richard Tuttle: Walking on Air,” PaceWildenstein, New York, NY. Through April 25. Ken Johnson reports: Richard Tuttle’s new fusions of painting and sculpture are a […]
Picassify it
In the NY Times Carol Vogel wonders what Picasso was thinking during the final years of his life, when he was living in Notre-Dame-de-Vie on […]
R.C. Baker’s fictive, painterly narratives at Zone
In April, Village Voice art critic R.C. Baker has a show at Zone:Contemporary Art (formerly Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts) that combines art, fiction, […]
NY Times Art in Review: Leon Kossoff and Xylor Jane
“Leon Kossoff: From the Early Years, 1957-1967, “Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY. Through March 28. Roberta Smith reports: This show is an informative treat. […]
Joan Snyder: Fleshy physicality and broken-bones impact
In the LA Times art blog David Pagel reports that the six paintings and four prints in Snyder�s L.A. solo debut at SolwayJones Gallery are […]
Serban Savu: Ruins of a recent future
David Nolan features work by Serban Savu this month. Savu, part of a group of artists from Cluj, schooled in the tradition of Social Realism, […]
