Susanna Coffey: From Self to City

Susanna Coffey, The Mill and Dipper, 1998 (courtesy of Steven Harvey Fine Art Pr
Susanna Coffey, The Mill and Dipper, 1998 (courtesy of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects)

John Goodrich reviews the exhibition Susanna Coffey: Nocturnes at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, on view through April 22, 2012.

This show, Goodrich writes, "concentrates on another, little-known facet of [Coffey's] work: the tiny, nocturnal cityscapes and landscapes—rarely larger than 8 inches across—that the artist has been producing for at least 15 years now. Like the self-portraits, they convince in plastic terms: trees, buildings and streets settle believably into their own spaces. Painted invariably in a single session, their looser, brushier strokes evince a greater urgency of technique."

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