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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 […] -
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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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sharon booma
Sharon Booma / Hindsight / 2007 / Mixed Media / 48 X 48 X 3 inches / Gallery Camino Real
Sharon Booma is an independent artist who works with several different media to create rich abstract compositions on paper and board. Her painting involves overlapping fields of lush color and dramatic surface texture, pencil incising and […] -
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Gao Xing Jian
05.30.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsGao Xing Jiang / Penumbra / 2007 / Chinese ink on paper / 105.5 x 79 cm / 41.1 x 30.8 ins / alisan fine arts
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Pamela Jorden
Pamela Jorden / untitled / 2006 / oil on linen / 50 x 50 inches / klaus von nichtssagend gallery
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funky exhibit at envoy
Elise Ferguson / You Me / 2008 / pigmented plaster, aluminum, silver leaf / 18 x 24 inches / envoy gallery
Arnold Kemp / Climate / 2008 / watercolor, acrylic paint, flashe, mixed media on linen / 14 x 18 inches / envoy gallery
Aude du Pasquier Grall / Le Cycle Masculin N°7 / 2005-2008 / video […]
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gregory johnston
Natura Morte/Zen III / 2008 / Oil, alkyd on canvas / 58 x 59 inches / stephen haller gallery
Saw this exhibit the other week. From the press release:
Johnston creates pictures within pictures and strives for dimensionality through layers and composition. Multiple overlays of symbols in his work surface through multiple layers of translucent color. There […] -
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ron ehrlich
ron ehrlich / pale rain / 2007 / oil on panel / 48 x 48 inches / stephen haller gallery
Went to Stephen Haller Gallery the other day to see Gregory Johnston’s paintings, but was actually much more taken by Ron Ehrlich’s work hanging in the back of the gallery. His paintings had a physical presence […] -
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Yang Chihung
Yang Chihung / Dreaming Blue / 2007 / acrylic on canvas / 198.1 x 254 cm / 78 x 100 in. / ChinaSquare Gallery
I have been on a Chinese painting kick recently and will be posting more over the next little while I am sure, but…I got to this exhibit at ChinaSquare Gallery last month. […]
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the blind swimmer blind swimmer...painter...artist...art lover...art nerd...aka, gordon fraserthe art world is a vast ocean of exciting artists producing exciting works with techniques both old and new all over the world. it can be both intimidating and overwhelming.
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