Contributed by Laurie Fendrich / Moira Dryer (b. 1957; d. 1992) was among the first painters in the 1980s and �90s to reject minimalism and conceptualism and open things up for painting after what had seemed, to many critics and theorists, to be its endgame. These artists reintroduced references to […]
Tag: The Phillips Collection
Zilia S�nchez, surrounded by the sea
Contributed by Katarina Wong / In Zilia S�nchez�s retrospective currently on view at The Phillips Collection, a video shows her on the beach, casting one of her shaped paintings �Soy Isla (I Am an Island)� into the waves. This piece sets the tone for an exceptional exhibition from a fiercely independent artist. Born […]
John Currin: “Just don�t do things that depress you.”
John Currin, “Rotterdam,” 2006, oil on canvas, 28″ x 36″ Interview Online Director Kelly Brant just sent me some good links to interviews with painters. Here’s an excerpt from Glenn O’Brien’s lengthy conversation with John Currin, who never fails to say something amusing. His paintings are included in “Paint Made […]
Painting sympsium at The Phillips Collection in DC
On Saturday, September 27, artists, art historians and critics will be jawing about state of painting. “Although widely proclaimed dead in the 1980s, painting has returned to prominence in recent years.” Participants include Yve-Alain Bois (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), Spencer Finch (Artist, Brooklyn, New York), Jonathan Fineberg (University of […]