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Friday, November 5, 2021
Welcome to the Two Coats of Paint painting-centric guide to gallery exhibitions in New York City. This month look for Jim Condron and Ilsa Murdock at Platform Project Space in DUMBO, and William Eckhardt Kohler’s solo at The Catskills in Tribeca (curated by Kyle Staver and Janice Nowinski)….
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / It’s quite a feat for a figurative painter to achieve both intimacy and remove simultaneously, but Jennifer Packer accomplishes just that in “The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing,” the vibrant survey of her work at the Whitney.
Contributed by Anne Swartz / Since its origins in the 1970s, practitioners and advocators of the Pattern and Decoration movement have countered claims that ‘decorative’ art lacked seriousness. In America at the time, critical arguments focused on the exhaustion of painting, positioning it as an outmoded visual form. Several artists resisted this affront. Instead, they embraced images for their pleasure, opposing the notion of immediacy often considered synonymous with other mediums such as photography.
Contributed by Laurie Fendrich / Three days had passed since Muriel Redpath—who had hated her given name since birth and instead liked to be called Mure—had seen Luke. Now here she sat, reading the news of his death on Twitter.
The following is a series of excerpts from an ongoing conversation between painters Cyrilla Mozenter and Leslie Roberts. Their concurrent solo exhibitions will open at 57W57 Arts on Thursday, November 11.
In May 2022, I will have been publishing Two Coats of Paint for fifteen years. Thanks to reader support, it’s been a long, strange and fruitful trip that all began when my studio was half an attic in a creaky Victorian house in Mystic, Connecticut…None of this would have been possible without the generosity of our readers. All told, in fourteen-and-a-half years, Two Coats has published nearly 4000 posts. With your continued help, we’ll post 4000 more…
Contributed by Jonathan Goodman / Alan Prazniak’s small paintings, on view at Geary Contemporary in NYC and Millerton, align with one another, offering a kaleidoscopic account of open meadows and grasslands, perhaps informed by early memories.
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Northern Vermont seems far away now, but in ten years it may be an entrenched artists’ enclave. And Johnson, thanks to still-affordable housing and the VSC’s rich arts program, could be its center. Here’s a report from my visit a few weeks ago.
A twelve-inch canvas Lisa Yuskavage included in her exhibition at David Zwirner upstages the entire show and much of the work the artist has exhibited to date.
Contributed by Dana Tyrrell / From 1965 to 1967, Elizabeth Murray – a towering presence in contemporary painting who died in 2007 – lived and worked in Buffalo, New York. Having moved from San Francisco to teach at Rosary Hill College (now Daemen College), she used her time in Buffalo to build up to living and working in New York City. “Elizabeth Murray: Back In Town,” Anderson Gallery at the University at Buffalo, demonstrated that this interlude was formative to the canonically understood Elizabeth Murray.
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide: November 2021
Welcome to the Two Coats of Paint painting-centric guide to gallery exhibitions in New York City. This month look for Jim Condron and Ilsa Murdock at Platform Project Space in ...
Jennifer Packer’s tender distance
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / It’s quite a feat for a figurative painter to achieve both intimacy and remove simultaneously, but Jennifer Packer accomplishes just that in “The Eye Is ...
Surface, flourish, complexity at the Hessel Museum
Contributed by Anne Swartz / Since its origins in the 1970s, practitioners and advocators of the Pattern and Decoration movement have countered claims that ‘decorative’ art lacked seriousness. In America ...
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide: October 2021
UPDATED OCT 23 / Welcome to the Two Coats of Paint painting-centric guide to gallery exhibitions in New York City.
Thoughts on that small Yuskavage painting
A twelve-inch canvas Lisa Yuskavage included in her exhibition at David Zwirner upstages the entire show and much of the work the artist has exhibited to date.
Fiction: Murder in the Studio
Contributed by Laurie Fendrich / Three days had passed since Muriel Redpath—who had hated her given name since birth and instead liked to be called Mure—had seen Luke. Now here ...
Cyrilla Mozenter and Leslie Roberts: Where did we leave off?
The following is a series of excerpts from an ongoing conversation between painters Cyrilla Mozenter and Leslie Roberts. Their concurrent solo exhibitions will open at 57W57 Arts on Thursday, November ...
Alan Prazniak’s kaleidoscopic view
Contributed by Jonathan Goodman / Alan Prazniak's small paintings, on view at Geary Contemporary in NYC and Millerton, align with one another, offering a kaleidoscopic account of open meadows and ...
Vermont Studio Center: An emerging art hub
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Northern Vermont seems far away now, but in ten years it may be an entrenched artists’ enclave. And Johnson, thanks to still-affordable housing and the ...
Art and TV: Professor T, an extraordinary burst of mind
Contributed by Laurie Fendrich / Boy did the otherwise on-the-mark Guardian television critic Lucy Mangan get it wrong. In her 2017 review of the Flemish detective series Professor T, ...
Out in Chelsea yesterday, I was on 26th street and happened to see Laurie Reid’s paintings @morganlehmangallery. Seems like the light touch is coming back. As I pondered the paintings, the gallerists were pulling out the wrapping materials, getting ready for the @dallasartfair. Then I ran into @cg_boerner who was packing up for an international print fair at the Pierre Hotel this weekend. And at @rwfa_nyc, they were preparing the walls for @catbalco, No Seed Unsung, which is a lovely title for a solo show. It opens mid-month.
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Latest post, link in profile / Jennifer Packer’s tender distance / Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / It’s quite a feat for a figurative painter to achieve both intimacy and remove simultaneously, but Jennifer Packer accomplishes just that in “The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing,” the vibrant survey of her work at the Whitney. Link in profile
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The new edition of the Eraser book project from @edmonds.b drops around December 15 🎉
Posted @withregram • @edmonds.b Excited to share that I’m currently working on Eraser #4 featuring the work of @sharon_butler @thornton_willis @jasonstopa @matt_kleberg @vadisturner @jeredsprecher I hope to publish the book by Dec. 15th. 🙏🏼
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Monday, November 1, 11:30 am (edt) / Host Peter Dudek with Sharon Butler, Monika Sosnowski and friends discuss “Galleries We’ve Never Been To, Part 2” / Join us for a live, unrecorded conversation on the @clubhouse app / @peter_d_11211 @monikasosnowski @sharon_butler
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