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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 @ […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A vivid biomorphic style and uniquely tragic personal history define Arshile Gorky as a major figure in twentieth-century modernism. While often classified as late Surrealism or as a precursor of Abstract Expressionism, his emotionally charged abstract style holds a distinct place among the explorations of the avant-garde.
Born in Armenia, Gorky emigrated to the United […]

Terra Cotta Lift (Emil) / 2007 / canvas, wood, metal, paper, acrylic / 58 x 46 x 3 inches / © Bruce Dorfman. Kouros Gallery
“The full scope of Dorfman’s recent work underscores his dual focus in creating a strong art experience through structure and through intriguingly sensuous luminosity. What seems additionally stimulating and relevant to […]

Amy Sillman Contemporary Salon, clip 3