Saturday, March 23, 2019

February-March Runabout, Part II

Brenda Goodman's In a Lighter Place at Sikkema Jenkins, Jan-Feb. Gallery Link





A hard-won language of biomorphic shapes and geometries within incised surfaces that carry motifs from earlier works forward in a violent, yet pleasing way.
Judy Pfaff at Miles McEnergy (now closed). Gallery Link

Wild, lavish details of works that for me stayed too close to the wall.

From Sonic Albers, at Zwirner (Jan/Feb). Gallery Link

His compositions and chromatic combinations never get old, despite their formulating an industrial mode of production.  
Will enter this information as soon as I locate the gallery name at what I remember is 521 W 26th St. and shows historical paintings. But, I cannot trace this exhibition! The above is by a Japanese painter.  


Larry Poons at this unknown gallery (not Danese/Corey).

These were in the back room, by an Italian painter.


Works from a group show in another mysterious group show I cannot trace, but somewhere on 21st or 22nd St. in February.




Christopher Wool at the Hill Art Foundation. Here, a NYT link about the Foundation. Link about Hill Art Foundation (2016)





Jasper Johns at Matthew Marks, up through April 9, 2019. Gallery Link

The low palette is so gorgeous.

Homage to Matisse's Piano Lesson? It's all I can think of viewing this painting.

When Roberta Smith reviewed this exhibition, the photo of this painting did not come across, but in  person it is simply stellar. NYT 2/26/19 JJ Review











The turning over and over of a motif, like Albers above, has been supplanted, it seems in current artistic practice where sudden changes or collisions and shifts feel more immediate. The commitment begins to mean more and more with viewing, for both the visual discipline and the harking back to another period in time.521 

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Past and Present Runabout, Part I

Carol Saft at Lesley Heller Project Space. Gallery Link
Bronzes of people assisting each other in a spare, but elegant installation.
Dawn Clements at Pierogi. Gallery Link

The recently deceased artist renders detailed and acute observations of daily life. with ballpoint pen, stickers, watercolor and delicious layered papers. 












Strauss-Bourque Lafrance at Rachel Uffner. Gallery Link

Collaged paintings


Rachel Granofsky in Househunting upstairs at Uffner. Gallery Link
Hand-painted props photographed but not touched up. This work recalls Patricia Fabrican'ts woven paper paintings.
Bruce Naumann, Disappearing Acts at MoMA. Museum Link




The pure scale of this large, but not as large as construction projects around the city, installation felt surprising and expansive, humanized by its hand-made properties.
Julian Jackson at 490 Atlantic. Artist Site

Surprisingly hard to photograph, the paintings instill a sense of calm despite their optical oscillations.






In the back room at 490, Jim Edwards, who also runs the space.
Also hard to photograph, and the Naples Yellow is an intriguing addition to the palette.



Jeanne Silverthorne in the group exhibition They're Made Out of Meat, curated by Jennifer Coates at Elizabeth Hazan's studio (now closed). Two Coats of Paint Preview


Didier William
Andrew Ross
Jenny Dubnau



The full painting
Randy Wray
Installation view



Jim Strong
David Dupuis



Jennifer Sirey

Dana Gordon's retrospective at Westbeth, closing this weekend. Gallery Site

This exuberant show moves through many phases of work, all painted with gusto and brimming with visual ideas.
















Simon Evans TM at James Cohan Grand St.Gallery Link 
Words that bite and surprise you, secluded in textural fields.