April 2008
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artists, daily fix, exhibitions
Trump @ Reeves
Doug Trump / Choice / 2008 / oil, pencil, collage, ink, on canvas / 65 x 72 inches / Reeves Contemporary
I spent time at Reeves Contemporary Gallery yesterday and was impressed with the abstract paintings of Doug Trump. His work actually touches on a few of the issues I brought up in my piece […]
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what i think
should craft matter?
Should craft matter? In the age of maufactured obsolescence when products are designed to be discarded in six months or a year, in the age of art as investment when people are paying ridiculous sums of money for ridiculous art, should craft matter? I’ve been thinking about this question lately. Walking through the galleries I […]
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artists, exhibitions, reviews
A Party going on at canada
Dropped in on Katherine Bernhardt and her friends at the month long sleepover party down at CANADA on the Lower East Side. These are bold fun paintings of fashion models and musicians. Heroines to be admired and lusted after. With lush paint slathered on the canvas with exuberance and energy we feel Ms. Bernhardt touching […]
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artists, exhibitions, reviews
Buddha Sometimes
Tony Magar / Infinity Trail / 2007 / oil on canvas / 64 x 78 inches / Mike Weiss Gallery
Layers upon layers of dripped and splashed paint draw you in and reveal themselves in the changing light. Contemplative, the paintings unfold over time, requiring multiple and sustained viewings. Lyrical and sensual, translucent colors radiate a […] -
artists, exhibitions, reviews
andre butzer
Andre Butzer / Viele Tote im Heimatland: Fanta, Sprite, H-Milch, Micky und Donald! / oil on canvas / 2007 / Metro Pictures Gallery
In art criticism of another era, John Dewey made an attempt to distinguish between expression and emotional discharge. To paraphrase, expression is a distillation of emotion whereby the artist creates a unity between […] -
artists, exhibitions, reviews
miriam schapiro
Miriam Shapiro / The Twinning of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden / 1989 / 80″ x 116″, (triptych) / Acrylic on Canvas / Flomenhaft Gallery
I entered the Flomenhaft Gallery knowing Miriam Shapiro’s name but unable to recall any images of her work or even how I knew her name. I probably read […] -
roundup, upcoming
Wrapping Up 4/21-4/25
It’s been a busy week between work, painting, and hanging a group show last Sunday, but I was able to get to a bunch of shows that I will try to write about this weekend. Stay tuned….
Chihung Yang @ ChinaSquare
Tom Leaver @ McKenzie Fine Art
Tony Magar @ Mike Weiss Gallery
Andre Butzer and Walter Robinson @ […] -
Events
Amy Sillman at Dia Chelsea
Amy Sillman on John Chamberlain
6:30 Monday 28 April 2008
Dia Art Foundation - 535 West 22nd Street New York, NY
$6
This Monday, 28 April, painter Amy Sillman will give a public talk on the art of American sculptor John Chamberlain, whose work is currently on view at Dia Beacon. The program is part of Dia Foundation’s Artists […] -
oil paint
caves oil and afgans
The world was in shock when in 2001 the Talibans destroyed two ancient colossal Buddha statues in the Afghan region of Bamiyan. Behind those statues, there are caves decorated with precious paintings from 5th to 9th century A.D. The caves also suffered from Taliban destruction, as well as from a severe natural environment, but today […]
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reviews
biggy smalls or does size matter?
Katy Moran / Smokers Junction / 2008 / Acrylic on canvas / 18 x 15 inches (46 x 38 cm) / Andrea Rosen Gallery
Roberta Smith of the New York Times picks up on an issue I’ve been thinking about and struggling with in my own work.
Excerpted from the NY Times
Small may be beautiful, but where […]
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