Month: November 2010

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Micro-mark making at Steven Zevitas in Boston

 Jacob el Hanani, fine Line Gauze (detail), 2008, ink on paper, 6 x 10″  Julie Miller, ” p (18), detail, ink on paper, 12 x 11.5″ When she visited  �On the Mark,�� a group show at Steven Zevitas Gallery featuring drawings made with itty-bitty gestures, Boston Globe critic Cate McQuaid […]

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Wangechi Mutu’s enchanted forest

Wangechi Mutu, “Sprout,” 2010, mixed media ink, paint, collage on Mylar; 54 x 51″ Wangechi Mutu, “Oh, Madonna!,” 2010, mixed media ink, paint, collage on Mylar; 91 1/2 x 54″  Installation view. Wangechi Mutu, Detail, “Moth Girls,” 2010, mixed media porcelain, leather, paint feathers and chalk; 14 feet 5″ by […]

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NY Times Art in Review: Charlotte Park

Charlotte Park, “Blue Warning,” ca. 1953, oil on canvas, 32-3/4 x 34-3/4″ Charlotte Park, “Untitled (Red, Pink, Orange, and Black),” ca. 1955, oil on canvas, 28-1/2 x 36-1/2″ Charlotte Park, “Zachary,” ca.1955, oil on canvas, 36 x 47″ “Charlotte Park,” Spanierman Modern, New York, NY. Through November 27, 2010. Roberta […]

Obituary

Nathan Oliveira is dead

William Grimes reports in the NY Times that Nathan Oliveira, a leading Bay Area artist who achieved national prominence fusing Abstract Expressionism and figuration in psychologically charged canvases that explored human isolation and alienation, died on Saturday at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 81. According to his […]

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Maria Lassnig: Less sensational?

Maria Lassnig, “Don Juan d’Austria,” 2001, oil on canvas, 78.74 x 59.06″ Maria Lassnig, “Assistance,” 2008, oil on canvas, 78.74 x 59.06″ Maria Lassnig, “Optimisten/Optimists, 2009, oil on canvas, 78.74 x 59.06”  Maria Lassnig, “Schlafende/Sleepers,”2009, oil on canvas, 78.74 x 59.06” In Time Out New York, Maria Lassnig’s show at […]

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Drawing links

Maureen McQuillan, “Untitled Photogram (QCG/3),” 2010, unique silver gelatin print, 29 x 36,” courtesy of the artist and McKenzie Fine Art  Rosemarie Fiore, “Firework Drawing #26″, 2009, lit firework residue on Fabriano paper, 41 x 48,” courtesy of Priska C. Juschka Fine Art Amy Pleasant, “Untitled (Green Cloud I),” 2009, […]

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Matt Connors knows

At Time Out New York Anne Doran reports that Matt Connors, in his second solo show at Canada, continues to develop his idiosyncratic painterly language.  “Matt Connors�s paintings, like those of his contemporaries Joe Bradley and Richard Aldrich, are scruffy, minimal and coolly cerebral. In his promising debut at Canada […]