In the Denver Post Kyle Macmillan writes that New York artist Julia Fernandez-Pol‘s solo show at Sandy Carson Gallery proves that pure painting may overcome non-visual conceptual projects yet. “With concept often trumping craft and the entire medium regularly receiving death notices, revelry in the physical act of painting has […]
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Growing up Starn
Mike and Doug Starn, identical twins born in New Jersey in 1961, were among the crop of young artists discovered in late-eighties New York who experienced phenomenal success, only to be forgotten by the larger artworld as galleries’ and curators’ interests moved from tactile, materially lush, visually seductive artwork to […]
Susanne Kuhn in Denver
In her first solo museum show, Leipzig artist Susanne Kuhn presents six large-scale paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. Like the rest of the Leipzig contingent, Kuhn’s work has that peculiar blend of realistic light effects, fantastic architecture, figuration, and landscape that suggests an elusive narrative. In […]
Pard Morrison bakes pigment in Denver
“Pard Morrison: 50 Ways to Fall in Love,” Rule Gallery, Denver, CO. Through Jan. 5. Pard Morrison, who says that the fusion of surface and medium in his paintings is a metaphor for the human condition, describes his work as a hypothetical conversation between Donald Judd and Agnes Martin. In […]
Herbert Bayer collection exposed in Denver
“Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive,” curated by Gwen Chanzit. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. On permanent display. In the Denver Post, Kyle MacMillan reports: “When the Denver Art Museum was campaigning for passage of a $62.5 million bond issue to fund its much-trumpeted expansion, it pledged that the added space […]
Harwood Museum presents Diebenkorn’s work from grad school
Kyle MacMillan reports in the Denver Post: “With a painting from Richard Diebenkorn’s “Ocean Park” series in almost every major art museum in the country, it would certainly seem he is something of a known commodity by now. And to a large degree, he is. But as an important summer […]
Denver hosts first exhibition from the Clyfford Still estate
Kyle MacMillan in The Denver Post reports: �Denver was chosen in 2004 as the repository for the Clyfford Still estate and future home of a museum devoted to this significant post-World War II painter�.The artist retained many of his own works in part because he was something of a curmudgeon […]
