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Complex Forms, Sol Lewitt at Paula Cooper
The newest installation of one of Sol Lewitt's wall drawing just opened at Paula Cooper. It reminded me to watch the video of the installation of the MASS MoCA retrospective, Sol Lewitt: A Wall...
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William Kentridge, Second Hand Reading
Second Hand Reading, William Kentridge's new work includes ink drawings on book pages, flip-book films and their drawings, kinetic sculptures and linocuts.More images to come
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It can come from everywhere...Artist Interview, Siri Kollandsrub
Valerie Brennan interviewed Siri Kollandsrub for Studio Critical. Here is Kollandsrub responding to a question about her studio processI might start a painting with a vague or clearer idea. It can come...
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Artist Interview, Tim McFarlane, willing to rip it up and tear it apart
Phillip Mellen interviews Tim McFarlane for ahtcast. They discuss mirrors, reflection, his relationship to technology, his process, and his wide ranging artistic influences. "Deer In The Headlights",...
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Karla Woznicak at Gregory Lind
Barbara Morris reviews Karla Woznicak's show, The Weather is Cosmic, at Gregory Lind.Wozniak steers us through the sharp and winding terrain of Cubism, barreling through Fauve territory with an...
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Clarity and Imprecision, Glenn Goldberg
Other Places,Glenn Goldberg's show at Jason McCoy employs a limited range of tools, dots, patterns used to create symbolic representations of birds, trees and flowers. These are deployed for powerful...
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Artist Interview, Stephen Maine
Stephen Maine was interviewed by Zachary Keeting and Christopher Joy for Gorky's Granddaughter. They discuss his studio process, his interest in keeping meaning open, and his thoughts about composition...
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Uncanny canvases, David Reed, Artist Interview
David Reed was interviewed by Alexander Forbes of ArtInfo. They discuss his exhibition at Hausler Contemporary in Zurich.We did one room that had paintings that were magenta and turquoise. They are two...
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Katherine Bradford's August at Bowdoin
Here's some work from Katherine Bradford's show at Bowdoin College Museum. I posted some work of Bradford's early this year after she was interviewed by Julia Schwartz at Figure/Ground. John Yau...
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Joanne Freeman's less-is-more
Brett Baker interviews Joanne Freeman for Painters Table on the occasion of her exhibition at the University of Maine Museum of Art. When Baker asked Freeman about her "reductive formal language"...
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Barry McGee at Cheim and Reed
Here are some images from Barry McGee's new show at Cheim & ReadBarry McGeeUNTITLED 2013Fiberglass surfboards; 9 elementsBarry McGeeUNTITLED 2005-13400 elements; ink, graphite, acrylic,...
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Gene Davis, entering the painting through a single color
There's a sweet survey show of paintings by the late Gene Davis at Ameringer McEnery Yohe"Look at the painting in terms of individual colors. In other words, instead of simply glancing at the work,...
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Sarah Lutz, Artist Interview
Jennifer Samet for her column, Beer with a Painter, visits the studio of Sarah Lutz. They talked about Lutz's early influences and her studio practice. Lutz talks about her tools and how she was...
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Erick Benson's Urban Landscapes
Erik Benson's paintings were featured on BOMBLOG's Art Portfolio. He also included a stop motion of a painting in process, I have a soft spot for watching a work develop, Check out the video here.Here...
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I want to tell you something, Cynthia Saignault at Lisa Cooley
Which is the Sun and Which is the Shadow, is the title of Cynthia Daignault's exhibition at Lisa Cooley. For this show I think its important you start with her artist statement.Dear So and So and So...
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Julie Oppermann, Artist Interview
Art Rated's Sarah Hall interviewed painter Julie Oppermann. They discuss Oppermann's background as a neuroscientist at UC Berkeley and Hall asks if this background influences her artistic practice?...
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Daniel Clowes at the MCA Chicago
The Daniel Clowe retrospective that began in Oakland and made it's way to the MCAChicago. Clowe's comic-book Eightball brought him to public attention in the 1980's as did his 2010 graphic novel...
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Anonymous Tantric Paintings and Ron Nagle's ceramics
This is the first of several posts on the Venice Biennale. I've never gone in October before but I may be a convert. The weather was wonderful, sunny and mild, and the crowds were manageable. This...
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Jose Antonio Suarez Londono, Franz Kafka's Diaries
The Drawing Center exhibited José Antonio Suárez Londoño The Yearbooks last year. For that project he created a daily drawing based on a book he was reading. His visual translation of Franz Kafka's...
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Dorothea Tanning, The Truth About Comets
These sweet little paintings were in the installation of Fischl and Weiss' project. They should have had a room of their own. You can find more of Tannings work here.Dorothea Tanning, The Truth About...
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