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tree branches, tumors, fungi, and penises
A detail from Carroll Dunham, “Fourth Pine” (1982-84), which was painted on knotty wood. The grain is worked into the composition. Skarstedt Gallery
Kudos to Sharon Butler at Two Coats of Paint for bringing the Carroll Dunham exhibition to my attention. [Read more…]
In 1983 Klaus Kertess described the aesthetic of these paintings as “self-hallucination which initially […] -
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the color of my accent
03.25.08 | Permalink | 3 CommentsI finally got up to Moma to see the Color Charts exhibition. The first thought I had when I walked in was how much our experience of color has been influenced by technology. Pixels. It’s as if artists have been reduced to pixels pushers in our use of color. Then it dawned on me that […]
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Why Paint Now? An Exhibition
Not abstract but it’s around the corner in my hood and its painting.
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Jersey City Museum asked Publisher and editor, Billy Miller to invite one of his favorite artists, painter Pia Dehne for INTRODUCING: Why Paint Now? The program will focus on the painting in the 21st-century and feature a discussion with […] -
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fadhel al dabbagh
WILMINGTON, DE - The Delaware Art Museum presents Bridge of Hope: Iraqi/U.S. Art Initiative, an exhibition featuring approximately two-dozen works, mostly abstract, by nine Iraqi and nine American artists, on view March 29 – May 4, 2008. This exhibition is part of the Museum’s new Outlooks Exhibition Series and is guest curated by Rosemary Lane […]
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The Adventure of Abstraction
Milton Resnick (1917 - 2004), AS.2, 1959, Oil on canvas, 82 x 80 inches, 208.3 x 203.2 centimeters. www.cheimread.com
David Cohen writes in the NY Sun….
Maybe it is because of the much-awaited Philip Guston drawing survey at the Morgan Library & Museum this spring, but there seems to be revived interest this season in Abstract Expressionism: […] -
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Sprawl in New Jersey
Valeri Larko, Convergence, 2007, 48 x 96 in., Courtesy of the artist
SPRAWL
Main Galleries
March 20 – August 24, 2008
www.jerseycitymuseum.org
Jersey City Museum is pleased to announce that the following artists were selected by the panel of jurors for the museum’s upcoming Arts Annual exhibition, SPRAWL:
Mauro Altamura, Aileen Bassis, Jason Burch, Hector Canonge, Lisa Dahl, Michael Dal […] -
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representational abstract art?
Carrie Moyer, Rope Dancer Returns, 2007
Suggestive abstraction and temporal meditations at Artspace
Artspace
50 Orange St, New Haven, (203) 772-2709
Unnameable Things
John Bent: Suspended Animation 1 & 2
Through Mar. 29, 2008
Is representational abstract art a contradiction in terms? Possibly, but the show Unnameable Things, curated by painter Clint Jukkala and hanging in Artspace’s Gallery 1, offers an argument […] -
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orangina
Seems I keep coming across Jim Welling lately. Check out blogger Ed Schad’s review of the Jim Welling show Regen Projects, Through April 5, 2008
Loosely put, Abstract photography uses the “stuff” of the photographic process whether it is film, chemicals, light, and the mechanisms of camera itself as a stepping off point for experimentation. An […] -
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Pouran Jinchi
Pouran Jinchi, Rubaiyat Series #8, 1995, Mixed media on canvas paper, 9 x 12 inches, Courtesy of artist and Art Projects International (API), New York
POURAN JINCHI: A Survey
March 6 - April 5, 2008
Art Projects International
429 Greenwich St, Suite 5B, NYC
Tuesday - Friday 11 to 5pm. Other times by appointment.
www.artprojects.com
Pouran Jinchi is an Iranian-born, New York […] -
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Ephemeral Japanese
Natsu, Aurora - the goddess of sparkle (detail), 2007, plastic beads, brass wire, sequins
The Onishi Gallery is pleased to present Ephemeral, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and photographs by seven Japanese artists. Ephemeral is the gallery’s contribution to this year’s Asian Contemporary Art Week, and it is the inaugural exhibition in the gallery’s newly remodeled […]
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