Alva Gallery has always been about both contemporary art and a commitment to the city of New London, Connecticut. Unfortunately, after trying to cultivate an art market for nine years and barely breaking even, Alva Greenberg has decided to close shop and pursue other interests. I stopped by the gallery […]
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The Soviet Social Realism of Geli Korzhev
“Raising the Banner: The Art of Geli Korzhev,” The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, MN. Through Jan. 5. Marianne Combs of Minnesota Public Radio reports: “Geli Korzhev’s most critically acclaimed work was painted in the ’50s and ’60s, at the end of Stalin’s reign. As a socialist realist painter, his […]
Steve Rogers’ working vessels
“Steve Rogers,” Gallery 1683, Annapolis, MD. Through Nov. 18. Steve Rogers, a painter and model boat builder is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, has painted many of the working vessels of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, as well as those of the Maine seacoast. Janice F. […]
Julie Mehretu returns to Detroit
“Julie Mehretu: City Sitings,” Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. Through March 30. Julie Mehretu, born in Ethiopia and raised and educated in Michigan and Rhode Island, explores the unwieldy issues of mobility, social organization, political entanglement, and global competition in her large abstract paintings. Mehretu is interested in the […]
Mark Greenwold’s small-scale painterliness
�Mark Greenwold: A Moment of True Feeling 1997-2007,� D C Moore Gallery, New York, NY. through Nov. 10 (today).Mark Greenwold’s tiny paintings, which he works and reworks, can take up to a year to complete. He says spending so much time looking at and thinking about a single work is […]
Grant Barnhart at OKOK in Seattle
“Exact Change: Paintings by Grant Barnhart,” OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA. Through Jan. 3. Although this article is mostly a profile of OKOK owner/director Charlie Kitchings, Regina Hackett includes a bit about Grant Barnhart’s exhibition, which opens tomorrow. “Painting in oils with his hand and drawing in graphite powers and solvents […]
Homework assignment: Art Blogger Survey, Part II
The entire survey can now be found at Homework assignment: Art Blogger Survey.
Is it animated painting…or painterly animation? (Helpful links to videos included.)
“Animated Painting,” curated by Betti-Sue Hertz. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA. Through Jan. 13. Is it animated painting…or painterly animation? You decide. SDMA presents 25 videos by 14 artists who have used traditional painting and drawing methods as the basis and inspiration for digital animations. While some […]
Rosemarie Beck(1923-2003) in NYC
“Rosemarie Beck: Paintings, Abstraction into Figuration, 1952-1966,” Lori Bookstein, New York, NY. Through Dec. 1. In the NY Sun, John Goodrich reports: “Rosemarie Beck (1923�2003) enjoyed early success working in an Abstract Expressionist vein, but it left her unfulfilled. Her 10 paintings at Lori Bookstein show the intriguing progression of […]
Crime-obsessed Walter Sickert’s paintings of prostitutes
“Walter Sickert: The Camden Town,” curated by Barnaby Wright. Institute of Art Gallery, London. Through Jan. 20. In the Telegraph, Richard Dorment reports: “Reacting both to the slick academic nudes exhibited at the Royal Academy and to the tepid Impressionism of artists associated with the New English Art Club, Sickert […]
