Alfred Mac Adam

Alfred Mac Adam reviews the recent exhibition Elise Ansel: Dialogue at Danese/Corey Gallery, New York. Mac Adam writes: "Ansel investigates the 'dialogues' her paintings establish with the great masters ... We can identify three moments in the gestation of Ansel’s version: first, her contemplation of the original in one form or another (in person, in

Alfred Mac Adam reviews the recent exhibition Mark Rothko: Dark Palette at Pace Gallery, New York Mac Adam observes: "The act of superimposing black on color ironically transforms the surface into a mirror that enables viewers to seek and lose themselves in the work. The paintings invite speculation, and speculation generates dynamic narrative, going “on