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artists, daily fix, exhibitions
Kansuke Fujii
Kansuke Fuji / Banana / 860 x 610 / Ippodo Gallery
I stumbled up the Ippodo Gallery today on 26th Street. A nice little space in the basement of the building that it shares with the Onishi Gallery. Kansuke Fuji’s work felt very still and serene. Strong negative shapes and visually pleasing surface geometry. While […] -
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stan gregory
stan gregory / solitary dime / 2007 / oil on tinted gesso on canvas / 64 x 64 inches / sundharam tagore gallery
I hadn’t been to see any exhibits in about a week or two…Today I went down to Sundharam Tagore Gallery to see the show of Stan Gregory’s work, whose work I’ve […] -
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sheetal ghattani
Sheetal Ghattani /Untitled / Watercolour on paper / 36 x 36 inches / Bodhi Art
What sets Gattani’s works apart are her philosophy and attitude towards painting. Her manipulation of the medium, watercolour on paper is to mediate through colours without them suggesting any referential reality. Encountering her abstractions leaves one puzzled since they are large […] -
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brian harte
06.16.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsBrian Harte / Ormeau Park 3 / 2007 / www.artreview.com/profile/BrianHarte
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artists, daily fix
gerhard richter watercolor
Gerhard Richter / Derwisch 12.3.97 / 1997 / 12.6 cm x 17.9 cm / Watercolour on paper / www.gerhard-richter.com
I did not know Richter worked with watercolor. The watercolor abstracts are interesting, seem lighter and more playful than his oil abstracts.
The 2001 Retrospective at MOMA displayed how diverse Richter’s paintings are. His early work is of […] -
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paul christopher flynn
paul christopher flynn / work 1 / oil on canvas / www.pcflynn.com
paul christopher flynn / work 2 / oil on canvas / www.pcflynn.com
Two paintings from a fall 2007 exhibit at the Beijing 798 Space entitled The Homeward Collection by Irish artist Paul Christopher Flynn.
Paul said “It is obvious to anyone […] -
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Jasmina Danowski
Jasmina Danowski / Brazen Truths / 2007 / Oil and alkyd on panel / 19 x 19 inches / Spanierman Modern
Created with thin washes overlaying thick paint surfaces, the colors and forms in Danowski’s panels are compressed and charged, drawing energy from the confinement of the small, square supports. The strength of these intense works […] -
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shirley jaffe
Shirley Jaffe / Criss Cross Center / 1991
Shirley Jaffe / The Chinese Mountain / Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Shirley Jaffe / Champ de Mars / 2004-5 / oil on canvas / Courtesy Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Seeing the Bruce Porter exhibition today got me thinking about Shirley Jaffe’s work. Ben La Rocco wrote a […] -
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David Antonides
David Antonides / Transcoded / Watercolour on Paper / 49.75 x 38.5 inches / www.davidantonides.com
I’ve had the opportunity to work in the studio with David on a number of occasions and have learned a lot by watching him work.
Water for me is a medium which intermediates the tangible with emotion and spirit. It flows between […] -
artists, daily fix
Shahzia Sikander
Shahzia Sikander / Pathology of Suspension #10 / 2005 / Ink and gouache on prepared paper / 77.5 x 51.5 in. / Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
Shahzia Sikander / Dissonance to Detour / 2005 / STILL from digital animation / Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
Watch video here…
I am a contemporary artist who grew up in Pakistan […]
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