At Hyperallergic, Thomas Micchelli still has Casualism on the brain. In his excellent review of “Reinventing Abstraction,” an exhibition of 1980s abstract painting curated […]
Tag: Casualism
Questions for Casualists
Contributed by Sharon Butler / This weekend at Hyperallergic Thomas Micchelli reviews Dying on Stage: New Painting in New York, the Garis & Hahn […]
Frieze: Unprimed immediacy
Since the early days of Color Field painting, working on unprimed canvas or linen has given the impression of a certain unfinished immediacy–more like the […]
“Sharon Butler: Precisionist Casual” at Pocket Utopia
From the press release: Pocket Utopia is pleased to present “Precisionist Casual,” a solo exhibition of new paintings by Sharon Butler. The exhibition will […]
Amy Feldman: Practiced and rehearsed
If the imprecision in Todd Chilton’s work (discussed in the previous post) is the result of a slow, intuitive process, the drips and imprecision in […]
MsBehavior in Chelsea
In Chelsea checking out the West Chelsea Open Studios on Saturday, I stopped at ArtBridge Drawing Room to see “MsBehavior,” an exhibition featuring work by […]
Handmade, utopic, urgent and obsessive
I just landed in DC, so I probably won’t get to Airplane before “Facture” closes on Sunday, but the installation shots on their website look […]
Raphael Rubinstein revisits Provisional Painting
Thank you, Art in America, for posting “Provisional Painting Part 2: To Rest Lightly on the Earth,” Raphael Rubinstein’s eagerly anticipated update to “Provisional Painting,” […]
Claude Viallat: Exploring Casualist abstraction in 1960s France
I recently stumbled upon old work by Claude Viallat, which strikes me as a precursor to the Casualist aesthetic. Born in Nimes, France in 1936, […]
Good painting: Tatiana Berg and Sarah Faux
Berg stretches canvas around handmade wooden frames and then paints the surfaces with spray paint, oil and enamel. Comparing their process to Bill Murray’s improv, […]
Reader response to “Abstract Painting: The New Casualists”
Lauren Luloff, installation shot from “Painting Expanded,” at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery through July 29, 2011. The show features work by emerging artists who use new […]
Chris Martin’s bigness
When I first started writing for The Rail, in an article about the Tomma Abts show at the New Museum, I took a quote from […]
The New Casualists
Contributed by Sharon Butler / The pioneers of abstraction — the Cubists, the Abstract Expressionists, the Minimalists — emerged from firm and identifiable aesthetic roots […]
Greetings from Nudashank and the Transmodern Festival
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I recently received a note from Seth Adelsberger and Alex Ebstein at Nudashank, an independent artist-run space in Baltimore, about […]
