Contributed by Sharon Butler / English Kills’s new exhibition features fourteen dazzling, floor-to-ceiling paintings based on images of porn that artist Jim Herbert culled from the internet. Herbert, who studied with Abstract Expressionist painter Clyfford Still, says it’s mix and match with a lot of changes and edits, a figure […]
Month: September 2010
Making our post-neo-faux-expressionist-pre-figurative-proto-conceptual heads spin
EJ Hauser, “sci-fi,” 2010, oil on canvas, 16″ wide x 20″ high x 1.75″ deep. Rosanna Bruno’s studio. Courtesy Elisabeth Condon’s blog. An image from Paul Pagk‘s ongoing Lexicon series, 2010, oil on linen 28″ x 27″ Ivin Balin, “Semi-Formal,” 2010, fiberglass, Aquaresin, absorbent ground, gouache, acrylic, 23″ x 27″ […]
Olitski’s small stakes
Jules Olitski, “Untitled Eight,” 1960, magna acrylic on canvas, 78″ x 80″ Jules Olitski, “Fanny D,” 1960, magna acrylic on canvas, 89″ x 89.5″ Jules Olitski, “Untitled Two,” 1960, magna acrylic on canvas, 79″ x 66″ In the San Francisco Chronicle Kenneth Baker suggests that the Jules Olitski […]
Lari Pittman: Addressing, redressing and undressing
Lari Pittman @ Regen Projects, installation view Lari Pittman, Untitled #4, 2010, acrylic, Cel-Vinyl, and aerosol lacquer on gessoed canvas over panel, 102 x 88″ Lari Pittman, Untitled #6, 2010, acrylic, Cel-Vinyl, and aerosol lacquer on gessoed canvas over panel 102 x 88″ Installation view of “Orangerie,”an installation of Pittman’s […]
Twitter notes
Here are some recent items cut and pasted from the Two Coats Twitter Feed. For readers unfamiliar with Twitter, “RT” indicates the item has been repeated, or “retweeted,” from someone else’s Twitter feed. The “@” symbol indicates another Twitter user. Video: Aruna D�Souza talks about feminist artists, gender and institutional […]
Quote of the Day: Suzan Frecon
Suzan Frecon, “composition in four colors 1,” 2010, oil on linen, diptych, 108 x 87 3/8″ overall. Suzan Frecon,”cathedral series, variation 6,” 2010, oil on linen, diptych, 108 x 87 3/8″ overall. Suzan Frecon, “pompeiian persian,” 2010, oil on linen, diptych, 108 x 87 3/8″ overall. Suzan Frecon, “version 13,” […]
kork: A bulletin board with cultural aspirations
Installation view at kork. Sharon L. Butler, Habitat (artist’s book on shelf), 2010, “Siding 6,” 2008, and “Siding 7,” 2008, oil on wood, 12 x 9.75″ Sharon L. Butler, Habitat, 2010, cover, 32 pages, 7 x 7″ paperback. Designed by Sofia Nicander, edited by Jonathan Stevenson, with an introduction by […]
Joshua Marsh: What hangs before us
Joshua Marsh, “Bedside”, 2010, oil on panel, 30 x 35″ Joshua Marsh, “Chair”, 2010, oil on panel, 50 x 32″ Joshua Marsh, “Mirror”, 2010, oil on panel, 35 x 30″ Joshua Marsh, “Pitcher (pink)”, 2009, oil on panel, 8 x 11″ Joshua Marsh,”Pitcher”, 2010, oil on panel, 18 x […]
Intergenerational girls� clubs at The Jewish Museum
Deborah Kass, “Double Red Yentl, Split, from My Elvis series,” 1993, Screen print and acrylic on canvas, 72 1/4 x 72,” Courtesy The Jewish Museum, Purchase: Joan and Laurence Kleinman Gift Eva Hesse, Untitled, 1963-64, oil on canvas, 59 x 39 1/4,” Courtesy The Jewish Museum, Gift of Helen Hesse […]
The e-catalogue for "On Display," designed by Su Friedrich, is now available
A screen grab of the cover. Page 2: Hrag Varantian’s essay. Page 32 design credits: Su Friedrich with production help from Kurt Hoffman. In case Two Coats readers weren’t able to see “On Display,” our recent exhibition at STOREFRONT in Brooklyn, an electronic version of the beautiful catalogue is now […]