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Polly Shindler, really exciting painter, shown next to Kathy Bradford in Agrro Crag at Bosi Contemporary |
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A closeup, lots missed due to iPhone quality-deep greens mixed into the rich textural blacks |
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Amy Feldman, shown with Joyce Pensato - whoever curated this made some wonderful associations! |
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Polly Schindler with gold leaf: YES! Also relates to what I am doing in the studio but in a completely different way. |
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Russel Tyler - what a free hand, makes it look easy. Love the white veils on black. |
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Polly Shindler. |
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Jim Wright, from 'Shift' at Lesley Heller |
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The paintings almost look like candy--they are obsessive, weird, nearly awful, but not: they are totally interesting. |
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Drew Shiflett, Lesley Heller front room |
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A gorgeous, smaller, light Shiflett drawing |
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Larger more epic Drew Shiflett |
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It's nest building, or hut construction...weaving, marking, interlocking materials and planes |
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Textured on the back as well. She makes sculpture, outdoor and wall works. |
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Gary Petersen, across the street at Valerie Mackenzie's beautiful new digs |
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Rob de Oude, in Mackenzie's Line and Plane (larger work in front; this strange, woven one with muted palette is beautiful) |
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Richard Roth, one of three very deep wall works |
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Maureen McQuillian, a paper work--or rather marker and glue on bookbinding tissue--a rich, worked surface not like Drew Shiflett's but there is a correspondence in the methodology. |
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At Feature: Josh Podoll - these are gorgeous paintings |
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Especially this: he knows when to leave it alone. |
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Facing across Podell's work, Gina Magid's--strong, passionate, marking the surface. | | | | | | | | | |
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There is more, much more--the Verizon connection is horrible, so it's taking an hour or more to upload each entry. Therefore, to be continued...More Gina Magid, plus Jen Mazza, Doreen McCarthy, Matthew Miller and a Judy Linn. Shows I didn't photograph include Sandi Slone, whose poured oil paintings reminded me in their facture, if I can use that word, of Frank Bowling seen at the Seven Art Fair December 2011 in Miami and currently at the Tate.