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Rebecca Ness, Twice Over
I saw Rebecca Nesses work in October at 1969 Gallery and was revisiting the images today. The focus on hands, what they do and how they move through the composition, was very satisfying. The same is...
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Natalie Collette Woods at Freight and Volume
The large scale collages by Natalie Collette Wood at Freight and Volume are physical and aggressive. The imagery swims through glitzy dream like worlds of dance hall girls and neon signs that look fun...
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John McAllister at James Fuentes
John McAllister's exhibition of small paintings at James Fuentes felt like a step out of time. These tightly choreographed color explosions used the landscape in the best way. McAllister's...
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Seasickness, Rene Magritte
Paintings collected at the Art Institute of Chicago while trying to stay warm. At first I thought that was a donut on the jacket, but its ham :)Rene Magritte, Seasickness, 1947, oil on canvasRenee...
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Seurat on a Sunday
I visit a lot of museums but I grew up going to the Art Institute of Chicago. Honestly I felt it was my museum and at some point during a reinstallation of the collection, possibly in the late 80's a...
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UF BFA Shows: Rebecca Matson
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsRebecca Matson, Isolated and AmbiguousRebecca Matson, Tuesday NightRebecca Matson, Fuzzy CarpetRebecca Matson, HandstandsRebecca Matson,...
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UF BFA Shows: Hannah Kline
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsHannah Kline https://hklineart.com/Hannah Kline, Everything Buffering, 13 x 10', Acrylic paint and collage on faux leatherdetail: Hannah...
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UF BFA Shows: Julie Jean-Mary
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsJulie Jean-Mary, Detangle, Leave-in, & MoisturizeJulie Jean-Mary, Curls and CombsJulie Jean-Mary, What to do, What to doJulie Jean-Mary,...
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UF BFA Shows: Micah Lomel
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsMicah Lomel, LimboMicah Lomel, Watching PlanesMicah Lomel, Traveling with the SubjectMicah Lomel, Losing to the Cadmium In between, Stop...
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UF BFA Shows: Sydney Martin
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsSydney Martin, PhototropismSydney Martin, Calathea, gouache and cut paper 18 x 24”Sydney Martin, Elastica, Gouache, acrylic, handmade paper,...
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UF BFA Shows: Sierra Labra
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsSierra Labra, Untitled and Unoriginal "Now That's a Hot Bowl of Soup"Sierra Labra, Hot NoodzSierra Labra, The Underrated Issue, detailSierra...
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UF BFA SHOWS: Harmony Furman
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsHarmony Furman, DeadpanHarmony Furman, Orcinus CalamityHarmony Furman, Reptillian MetropolisHarmony Furman, Decay of HumanityHarmony Furman...
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UF BFA SHOWS: Kelsi Murphy
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsKelsi MurphyKelsi Murphy, Blue MirrorKelsi Murphy, Sunday AfternoonKelsi MurphyArtist StatementThe mystery that unravels in the mind and in...
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UF BFA SHOWS: Tessa Bohn-Carmichael
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsTessa Bohn-Carmichael, Traumatic DisturbanceTessa Bohn-Carmichael, Palpitate, Ink, Acrylic, Polyurethane on Plaster, WoodTessa...
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UF BFA SHOWS: Selina Wagner
UF SA+AH Painting and Drawing Majors Virtual BFA ExhibitionsSelina Wagner, The Process of BecomingSelina WagnerArtist StatementI work within a flexible tradition of self-portraiture to de-stigmatize,...
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Rachel Rose @ Carnegie Museum
This is a visual feast, Rachel Rose's Lake Valley is a gorgeous dream-like narrative exploring the desire for connection made with lush drawing, painting, collage. The video is part of a new "online"...
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Kissing or Dying, Marlene Dumas
In 2014 I spent part of the year in Holland. The Stedelijk Museum presented a Marlene Dumas retrospective, The Image as Burden, titled after a painting of the same name. Dumas, a South African artist...
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Kerry James Marshall
In the absence of galleries and museum exhibitions I've been revisiting work that that continues to resonate with me. Kerry James Marshall's paintings are certainly part of my cannon. I first saw his...
View ArticleMuseums layoffs due to uncontrolled Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
This list is merely a drop in the bucket of the economic damage being done to US Museums by this out -of-control pandemic in the US. These layoffs represent friends and colleagues who have suddenly...
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Salman Toor, How Will I know, with details
I managed to visit the Salman Toor exhibition at the Whitney and have been sitting on these images, just enjoying the the slippery familiarity in their work. I've included a bunch of details because...
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