Addison Parks blogs about the exhibition Porfirio DiDonna A Painter's Journey, curated by John Baker and Nina Nielsen, on view at the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA through November 3, 2013. The exhibition is also accompanied by the release of a new book Porfirio DiDonna The Shape of Knowing by John Baker which is available from
Photo blog of installation views from the exhibition Geist und Form: Ten Painters from Berlin at Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, curated by Jurriaan Benschop, on view through October 11, 2013. As noted on the extensive exhibition website, "Geist und Form gives insight into the broad spectrum of painting that is practiced in
John Yau reviews the exhibition Barbara Takenaga: New Paintings at DC Moore Gallery, New York, on view through October 5, 2013. Yau writes: "In 'White Grid on Silver,' the wavy grid is made of unevenly spaced, vertical and horizontal white lines, which are punctuated by white orbs at the intersections... The materiality of the surface
Julie Karabenick interviews painter Thornton Willis. Willis comments: "To me, painting is an existentialist act. It’s something we do that comes from the fact that we exist, that we have countless experiences that make up our lives. This is true for cave paintings or even for simple hand prints made in such a way that
Photo blog of installation views from the exhibition Charline von Heyl at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, on view through October 5, 2013. The press release states that "Charline von Heyl’s paintings are not abstractions of objects or figures; rather, she is interested in creating abstract images that stand for themselves. They are new pictures,
Neill Clements interviews painter David Webb about his work and studio practice. David Webb: Fragmentarium will be on view at Dalla Rosa Gallery, London from October 11 - November 9, 2013. Asked about what outside of art informs his work, Webb comments: "... my work for some time has taken as a point of departure
Tyler Green talks to painter Jack Whitten, whose recent work is on view at Alexander Gray Associates, New York, through October 12. Light Years: Jack Whitten 1971-1973, curated by Katy Siegel, is on view at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, through December 15, 2013.
Franklin Einspruch reviews the recent two part exhibition Pour at Asya Geisberg Gallery and Lesley Heller Workspace, New York. The shows, curated by Elisabeth Condon and Carol Prusa, featured works by Ingrid Calame, Kris Chatterson, Roland Flexner, Angelina Gualdoni, Carrie Moyer, Carolanna Parlato, David Reed, Jackie Saccoccio, and Carrie Yamaoka. Einspruch writes that the works
Matthew Marchand reviews the exhibition Ward Schumaker: Years of Pretty at Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, on view through October 12, 2013. Marchand writes: "The work in the show 'Years of Pretty' rides back and forth between a concreteness of the written and the derangement of visual language. Mr. Schumacher’s extensive collection of drips, jabs,
Mark Stone considers Kazimir Malevich's spiritual approach to painting and Suprematism's affect on later modern and post-modern paintings. Stone writes that "what begins to happen in the Square, Cross and Stripe is that the painting is no longer a painting of a thing, but has indeed become a thing in itself. The form, the shape
Valerie Brennan interviews painter Nick Carrick about his work and process. Carrick comments: "I want the work to take on a life of its own freed from its referent. The act of painting becomes as important as the final piece. It’s important to feel lost between the start and the finish of a painting but
Steven Cox interviews artist Liam Everett about his work. Cox notes that "Everett has consciously chosen to focus on his processes of painting as an act of labour." Asked about this process-based approach Everett comments: "The surfaces are a result of a relentless process of addition and subtraction. The finished paintings are in fact an
Andy Parkinson reviews the exhibition Form/Function, curated by Lisa Denyer and Matthew Macaulay, at Piccadilly Place Manchester, UK, on view through until September 22, 2013. The show features works by Brendan Lancaster, Joe Packer, Karl Bielik, Lisa Denyer, Matthew Macaulay, Melanie Russell, Phoebe Mitchell, Rachael Macarthur, Sarah McNulty, and Terry Greene. Parkinson writes: "At Form/Function
Preview of the exhibition Elizabeth McCord: Paintings at See Line Gallery, Pacific Design Center, on view from September 18 - November 8, 2013. This show of Elizabeth McCord's paintings "both deepens and expands upon the ongoing—and long overdue—rediscovery and reevaluation of this seminal modernist’s work. The biomorphic, hard-edge forms of the 1950s give way, in
Xico Greenwald blogs about the exhibition Biala: Vision & Memory at Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, on view through October 26, 2013. Biala's work is also on view at Tibor de Nagy Gallery through October 27, 2013. Greenwald writes: "Neither during her long life nor in the years since her death has Biala’s contribution to art
Maria Calandra visits the studio of painter David Malek. Calandra writes about Malek's new paintings in which "enamel paint, his obsessive tendencies, and a time consuming amount of brushwork result in a canvas that really gives the viewer the optical go around, posing questions that lead to more than one conclusion on the process of
Alan Pocaro reviews the exhibition Alain Biltereyst: Notes at Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, on view through October 12, 2013. Pocaro writes: "The twenty-five untitled panels that line the East Garfield Park gallery’s project room evoke the sort of slick signage that proliferates in the urban landscape. Crisp lines, flat, decorative color and primary shapes
Auggie Oz interviews painter Meghan Petras whose work is currently on view in the group exhibition A Pinch of Saffron, Dash of Vermouth curated by Ted Gahl, on view, at Dodge Gallery, New York through October 27, 2013. Oz writes: "Petras’ paintings are painted mostly with fabric paint, which she then cuts up and reassembles
Sanford Schwartz reviews the exhibition Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life at Tate Britain, London, on view through October 20, 2013. Schwartz writes: "A native of Manchester who spent his life in the region, Lowry was, remarkably, Britain’s only visual artist to make industrial Lancashire, with its factories and smoke-belching chimneys and crowded streets,
Darran Anderson reviews the exhibition Moving Beyond: Painting in China 2013 at Summerhall, Edinburgh, on view through September 27, 2013. Anderson writes: "While an eclectic series of artists with very distinct voices, there are thrilling thematic and stylistic links between those featured in Moving Beyond, sometimes complimentary and sometimes contradictory. Repeated themes emerge in very