Contributed by Kate Liebman / On Valentine�s Day I visited Lucia Hierro in her studio in the Bronx�where she�has�been working for more than two years. Nearby, a�group�of former factory buildings are in the process of being converted into artist studios and lofts. Born and raised in New York City, Lucia […]
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Studio visit with Kate Liebman
Contributed by Debbi Kenote / �I see myself as a figure painter,� �Kate Liebman�tells me�as I sit in her Bushwick studio, where the floor is covered with dirty paint tubes and reckless spatter. She walks�me through her process and�sources, touching on topics like�distance, viewer insight, and political responsibility.�One of the�sources�for […]
Nicole Wittenberg’s big yellow painting
Contributed by Kate Liebman / Nicole Wittenberg�s second solo show,�”The Yellow Kiss,” is on view at the new LES gallery yours mine & ours through October 16. The exhibition features a single seven-foot painting that hangs on the gallery�s main floor. In the basement, like an excavation site, Wittenberg presents […]
IRL: The Study Room at the Metropolitan Museum
Contributed by Kate Liebman / The Metropolitan Museum�s Department of Drawings and Prints is celebrating its centennial this year, and has devoted a wall to �one masterpiece��per week through April 30, 2017. This week�s masterpiece was a portrait of a church man drawn by Jean Fouquet in the mid-15th century. […]
Conversation: Harry Davies on the union of material and meaning
Contributed by Kate Liebman / Harry Davies and I met in a painting critique session a couple of years ago when BHQFU was offering classes in the East Village. I visited his studio at Union Theological Seminary at Columbia recently, and we discussed what�s on his mind and in his […]