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 […]
Solo Shows
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 In hand-drawn chart form, the poster (originally made as a drawing for the show) lists the “great” and “not so great” about each.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 […]
John Yau on Robert Ryman
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 […]
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 […]
Slack Tide: William Lamson at Artspace
Stills from Lamson’s performance video of “Play/Pause.” This week in the New Haven Advocate, I review Brooklyn-based artist William Lamson’s Artspace exhibition Time Is […]
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 […]
