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Tag: The Brooklyn Rail
Ryman rejects his tidy inheritance
Cordy Ryman’s new abstract paintings, sculptures and installations at DCKT continue his playful exploration of paint, color, two-by-fours and wooden constructions. According to the gallery’s […]
Neo-Maternalism: Contemporary artists’ approach to motherhood
The December/January issue of The Brooklyn Rail is online, so go check out my article about contemporary artists’ approach to motherhood. I mean, come on, […]
Talking with Terry Winters
On the occasion of Terry Winters�s show at Matthew Marks, Phong Bui, publisher of The Brooklyn Rail, and consulting editors David Levi Strauss and Peter […]
Eyal Danieli: Helicopters, bombers and camouflage
Israeli-born, New York-based Eyal Danieli paints metaphors for aggression that explore the contradictory emotions of being both victim and victimizer. His show at Elizabeth Harris […]
Heading to Oneonta
I’m taking a road trip upstate to Oneonta this week to help the Art Department at SUNY do an academic program review. University of Connecticut’s […]
The art world’s downmarket retreat
Last year, my first article published in The Brooklyn Rail examined how an impending art market “correction” might affect artists. “In a fairly typical scenario, […]
Marc Van Cauwenbergh’s de-simplification
In The Brooklyn Rail, Stephanie Buhmann takes a look at Marc Van Cauwenbergh’s show at Kathleen Cullen. “Instead of exploring the emotive and non-objective, Van […]
Show & tell: Contemporary practice in artists’ books
In the October issue of The Brooklyn Rail I write about artists’ books and how on-demand printers have made book publishing affordable for unfunded artists. […]
Joan Snyder’s new work in Boston
MacArthur Foundation fellow Joan Snyder, 68, presents new paintings at the Neilsen Gallery in Boston, and ten politically-charged photocollages at the Danforth Museum in Framingham. […]
John O’Connor: Recording small events, missteps, and changes of direction over time
In The Village Voice RC Baker reports that John O’Connor uses ‘haphazard research’ and personal obsession (body weight, lottery numbers, weather reports) as inspiration for […]
Brooklyn Rail silent art auction: Buy this painting!
Join me at The Brooklyn Rail Silent Art Auction, hosted by Pace Wildenstein, on September 5, from 6-9pm, where you can bid on my painting […]
Two restoration tales: Ad Reinhardt and Imi Knoebel
In July issue of The Brooklyn Rail, I wrote about an Imi Knoebel installation at Dia:Beacon. The installation, billed as a restoration of Knoebel’s 1977 […]
Resnick’s resonance
Milton Resnick: “Art is not a learning process. It is the very reverse of learning.It is the unhinging of your soul from your sight.” In […]
Lost in space: Art post-studio
The June issue of The Brooklyn Rail has gone online today. My contribution examines studio space, and how some artists making traditional art objects (painting, […]
