Sarah Sze, “The Uncountables (Encyclopedia),” (detail), 2010 Sarah Sze, “Duped,” 2010, mixed media, stools, wood, Windex, chain, stool, LEDs, extension cord, 191 x 251 […]
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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 […]
Making our post-neo-faux-expressionist-pre-figurative-proto-conceptual heads spin
EJ Hauser, “sci-fi,” 2010, oil on canvas, 16″ wide x 20″ high x 1.75″ deep. Rosanna Bruno’s studio. Courtesy Elisabeth Condon’s blog. An image from […]
Olitski’s small stakes
Jules Olitski, “Untitled Eight,” 1960, magna acrylic on canvas, 78″ x 80″ Jules Olitski, “Fanny D,” 1960, magna acrylic on canvas, 89″ x 89.5″ […]
Lari Pittman: Addressing, redressing and undressing
Lari Pittman @ Regen Projects, installation view Lari Pittman, Untitled #4, 2010, acrylic, Cel-Vinyl, and aerosol lacquer on gessoed canvas over panel, 102 x 88″ […]
Twitter notes
Here are some recent items cut and pasted from the Two Coats Twitter Feed. For readers unfamiliar with Twitter, “RT” indicates the item has been […]
Quote of the Day: Suzan Frecon
Suzan Frecon, “composition in four colors 1,” 2010, oil on linen, diptych, 108 x 87 3/8″ overall. Suzan Frecon,”cathedral series, variation 6,” 2010, oil on […]
kork: A bulletin board with cultural aspirations
Installation view at kork. Sharon L. Butler, Habitat (artist’s book on shelf), 2010, “Siding 6,” 2008, and “Siding 7,” 2008, oil on wood, 12 x […]
Joshua Marsh: What hangs before us
Joshua Marsh, “Bedside”, 2010, oil on panel, 30 x 35″ Joshua Marsh, “Chair”, 2010, oil on panel, 50 x 32″ Joshua Marsh, “Mirror”, 2010, […]
Intergenerational girls� clubs at The Jewish Museum
Deborah Kass, “Double Red Yentl, Split, from My Elvis series,” 1993, Screen print and acrylic on canvas, 72 1/4 x 72,” Courtesy The Jewish Museum, […]
The e-catalogue for "On Display," designed by Su Friedrich, is now available
A screen grab of the cover. Page 2: Hrag Varantian’s essay. Page 32 design credits: Su Friedrich with production help from Kurt Hoffman. In case […]
Studio Visit: Matthew Miller and the Drama of Subtlety
A corner in Matthew Miller’s Bushwick studio. Miller’s collection of well-worn brushes. Reading material: Frank Stella’s Working Space, Wyndham Lewis Portraits, and a book about […]
Laura Newman: On the verge
“I want my paintings to exist at the point where form takes on meaning–where a triangle can be read as a road in perspective, for […]
Sorry, Brent Burket, but, yes, here's another post about Work of Art
The latest issue of The Brooklyn Rail is the unofficial Work of Art issue. Patricia Milder contributes a roundup of quotes excerpted from the critical […]
Distinctive: A few upcoming shows
An early Austin Thomas collage, “Distinctive,” 2006, collage and pen, 8 � x 11.” Austin Thomas, “Happy Healthy Life,” 2010, handmade print, quite small–around 5 […]


































