Christopher Stout blogs about the exhibition Paul Pagk: 18 Drawings and 1 Painting at Studio 10 Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, on view through May 5, 2013. Stout writes: "The drawings are all wonderful; however, the new painting, keenly titled Double Entente, stands out as the high point of the exhibition. Greenberg describes Double Entente as, 'A
Zachary Keeting and Christopher Joy visit the studio of painter Nichole Van Beek. Van Beek discusses her recent paintings which derive their visual power from the juxtaposition of opposites. Graphic and painterly marks, pattern and hard-edge shapes, dim and saturated color coalesce in each work to achieve unexpected unities. Van Beek comments that "a lot
Daniel Galas visits the studio of painter Aubrey Levinthal. Galas writes that Levinthal "varies brushwork, prefers pastel colors, and is not afraid to boldly interpret in subject. Aubrey primarily works from life but doesn't hesitate to alter the composition in any imaginative manner she finds fit. Still life is her subject of choice... mainly cups,
Emil Robinson reviews the recent exhibition William McGee Works 1954-1977 at Reed Gallery, Cincinnati. Robinson writes: "The show gave a wonderful introduction to a talented artist who had the good and bad fortune to be making work alongside some of the most important American painters in history. McGee was a painter of courageous ability and
Photo blog of the exhibition Painting at Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, featuring paintings by Ilse d'Hollander, Charlotte Posenenske, Jessica Warboys. The press release notes that the show features d'Hollander's "concerted, harmonically balanced" paintings, Posenenske's "early Spachtelarbeiten (palette-knife works) and Rasterbilder (Grids)," and Warboys' "Sea-Paintings [in which] the artist leaves the painterly process to evironmental forces: a
Elana Hagler interviews painter Simon Dinnerstein about his work. Dinnerstein's painting The Fulbright Triptych is on display in the lobby of the German Consulate, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York through April 1, 2014. Dinnerstein comments: "I am very interested in this humanity, a living humanity that I described before. When I choose to find
Caleb De Jong interviews painter Matthew Neil Gehring about his work on the occasion of the exhibition Matthew Neil Gehring: Brilliant Corners, on view at the Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX, through April 30, 2013. Gehring comments: "I think that there is a great freedom within a focused practice and the parameters of my natural
Thomas Micchelli interviews painter Jennifer Riley on the occasion of the exhibition Jennifer Riley: Memory from Sight at Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, on view through April 27, 2013. Riley comments: "I think... that wanting to depict/relate images of hard facts needs to be balanced by an awareness of what lies beyond the boundaries. I
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Michael Rutherford interviews painter Robert Janitz about his work. Rutherford's introduction begins: "Paint on canvas and their combined affect on a viewer are what painting is all about. I can’t help but admire an artist who uses those materials in a bold matter-of-fact way, and the paintings of Robert Janitz are exactly what I mean.
Andrea Alessi reviews the exhibition Katharina Grosse: Two Younger Women Come In And Pull Out A Table at De Pont, Tilburg, Netherlands, on view through June 9, 2013. Alessi writes: "color and technique combination creates a sense of immediacy and presence evocative of both graffiti and action painting. Though action painters readily come to mind,
Piri Halasz reviews four recent and current painting shows in New York: Radiance: The Paintings of Stanley Boxer, 1970s—1990s, Thirteen Contemporary Artists, and Frank Bowling: Paintings, 1967-2012 (through April 20) at Spanierman Modern, and Painterly Pasted Pictures at Freedman Art (through May 18).
Julia Schwartz interviews painter Charles Garabedian on the occasion of the exhibition Charles Garabedian: Re-generation at L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA, on view through May 11, 2013. Garabedian discusses his history as an artist, the challenges inherent in painting, and the subject matter of his new work: "I think with all artists an idea sort
Mario Naves posts about the work of Victor Pesce on the occasion of an upcoming exhibition at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, on view from April 20 - July 26, 2013. Naves writes: "Victor Pesce paints pictures of simple things, but the pictures he paints are not so simple. Certainly, his still-life paintings are unadorned.
Phillip J. Mellen talks with painter Julia Schwartz about her work and process. Schwartz returns several times in the conversation to the importance of place to her as a painter. "In general," she remarks, "I'm working more from a kind of mental place.. I don't think it's an intellectual place, it's just more from a
James Kalm visits the exhibition Mary Grigoriadis Strokescapes 1970s-1980s at Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, on view through May 18, 2013. Kalm's video provides an up-close look at Grigoriadis' paintings. The gallery press release notes that the paintings are "secular icons that are luscious in both color and texture. [Grigoriadis] applies layer upon layer of
Allegra Kirkland blogs about the exhibition Matt Phillips: this and then at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, on view through April 20, 2013. Kirkland writes that the "exhibition’s title refers to Phillips’ interest in the relationship between the fixed, stable quality of finished artworks and the active, immediate way in which the viewer
Joseph Kendrick interviews painter Elisabeth Condon about her work. Asked about process Condon notes: "Earlier I’d balanced pours and imagery, but in the recent paintings was looking for a way to express the inspiration of 1970s glam rock working with glitter and mylar, which were new materials for me. Lately there has been less of
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe interviews artist Christian Haub. Haub's exhibition New Floats was recently on view at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York. Haub comments: "I can’t call the Floats paintings because I don’t use paint, but they hang on the wall and come from painting, I think they could be called 'shallow reliefs.' When my wife,
Rob Colvin reviews the exhibition of paintings by Andrew Masullo at Mary Boone Gallery, New York, on view through April 27, 2013. Colvin writes that Masullo's paintings "outwit, defy, and make gallery-going fun again. With numbers for titles, the works elicit numerous surprises, and these of several kinds. Even the dates startle. One work, ten
Alan Pocaro reviews the exhibition McArthur Binion: Ghost: Rhythms at Kavi Gupta, Chicago, on view through June 22, 2013. Pocaro writes: "Binion’s larger, more rural works... stand out. These misty-toned 'Circuit Landscapes Nos. V and VI' are freer in their deference to the Modernist grid, retaining the more ridged works’ austere coloration but with enhanced