Award-winning blogazine, primarily about painting
Monday, May 13, 2024
Contributed by Sharon Butler / Dona Nelson says she�s lazy because sometimes she would rather read a book than work in the studio. But �Stand Alone Paintings,� a recent mini-retrospective at Skidmore�s Tang Teaching Museum that includes thirty pieces ranging from the 1980s to the present, revealed an artist who is […]
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Writer-director Josephine Decker�s remarkably ambitious avant-garde film Madeline�s Madeline drills towards the molten core of the creative process and its hazards by way of the impressive young actress Helena Howard�s portrayal of the even more impressive eponymous young actress. Given that description, it goes almost […]
Contributed by Loren Britton / On the occasion of �A Strong Desire,� a sprawling summer group at PS120 in Berlin that explores sexual identity, the body, and their commodification in capitalist society, Loren Britton interviews curators Aleksandr Blanar and Justin Polera. In the curatorial statement, Christina Gigliotti writes that the exhibition, on view through August 26, […]
Contributed by Riad Miah / In “The Gate,” Jason Stopa’s fourth New York solo and his first one-person show at Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects, the artist has painted a lattice-like pattern on a bright yellow wall and hung his canvases to look as if they are hanging on a […]
Mary Addison Hackett recently caught up with Julia Schwartz on the occasion of Schwartz’s show, “tenderly cradled and lavishly flung” at Los Angeles Visitor Welcome Center, a gallery on W. 7th Street in LA. A few days later they had a frank dialogue through text messaging about family tragedy, the role of […]
Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / Summer is irrevocably a time for diversion and good cheer, but how much escapism can be indulged in good conscience is relative to the times, and these are deeply troubled ones. DC Moore�s zingy group exhibition �ZIG ZAG ZIG,� on view through August 10, strikes a fine […]
Contributed by Erin Langner / In the center of the 2018 Seattle Art Fair, Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar�s white neon script, hovering in Galerie Lelong�s booth, reads �Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness.� Jaar has appropriated these words, penned by poet W.H. Auden, many times before. But, as the fourth year of Seattle�s international […]
