For Andrew Zimmerman’s first solo show, he has cut wood panels into wavy strips with a jigsaw, and reassembled them to create an organic geometry. […]
Tag: Abstract painting
Iraqi painter Karim Alwali meets Jasper Johns and Mark Rothko
In the San Francisco Chronicle Meredith May reports that Karim Alwali, one of the most recognized abstract painters in Baghdad, is now painting memories of […]
Student reporter flummoxed by abstraction
In Washington State University’s Daily Evergreen, student Zachariah Bryan declares that he hates abstract art. Apparently �Red Player,” a Jack McLarty painting hanging in the […]
Bold and brainy: John Zinsser and Ruth Root
In the NY Sun, painter/critic Stephen Maine usually provides an entertainingly illuminating read. This week, Maine considers abstract painters Ruth Root and John Zinsser. “Creative […]
MoMA’s sexism resurfaces (again)
At her well-tended art blog, Joanne Mattera’s specialty is geometric abstraction, so naturally she stopped by to see “Color Chart” at MoMA this week. Joanne […]
Willats’s conceptual tower drawings in Berlin
In ArtForum, Saskia Draxler recommends Stephan Willats’s show at Galerie Thomas Schulte in Berlin. “This exhibition consists entirely of conceptual drawings produced between 1983 and […]
Readymade color at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art’s “Color Chart”explores what happens when contemporary artists assign color decisions to chance, readymade source, or arbitrary system. Midway through the […]
Harriet Korman’s stubborn streak
Harriet Korman’s sixth solo show at Lennon, Weinberg is comprised of paintings made in the past three years, as well as several black and white […]
The trouble with JPEGs
Baltimore Museum of Art presents an intimate show of Ellsworth Kelly’s paintings and drawings selected from local collections and the museum’s vault. In the City […]
Matthew Langley’s dangerous proposition
In the Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps reports on Matthew Langley’s first solo show at the DCArts Center. “Langley gets points for audacity. His paintings […]
Isensee at Danese
On Joanne Mattera Art Blog, Joanne continues her hunt for geometric abstraction. She writes that Warren Isensee is kindling some retinal heat at Danese through […]
Chris Martin’s dare at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
“Chris Martin,” Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY. Through March 1. Chris Martin investigates color, form and texture, ranging from bold and graphic to gestural […]
Honesty in art criticism at Brandeis
“Empires and Environments,” curated by Dominique Nahas and Margaret Evangeline. Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Through April 13. Critic Dominique Nahas, who […]
Diebenkorn arrives in New York
“Diebenkorn in New Mexico,” curated by Charles Strong and Charles M. Lovell; organized by the Harwood Museum in Taos, New Mexico. Grey Art Gallery, New […]
The Thrust is abstraction
“Freeze Frame,” curated by Elizabeth Cooper. Thrust Projects, New York, NY. Through February 17. Artists include Lisa Hamilton, Jasmine Justice, Joyce Kim, Alisa Margolis, Carrie […]
