New American Paintings

MUST SEE PAINTING SHOWS: NOVEMBER

There are more than two-dozen exhibitions by New American Paintings’ alumni on view this month. Among them are the always environmentally conscious Alexis Rockman at Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, hot Chicago export Scott Reeder at Lisa Cooley in New York City, and the extraordinary Sarah McEneaney at Locks Gallery in Philadelphia.

I am not overstating it when I say that Sarah is one of my favorite painters working today. Her ability to construct space intuitively gives her intimately-scaled egg tempera paintings a shocking immediacy. It might be tempting to lump Sarah in with the widespread trend of “faux-naïve” that has been pervasive in the last decade, but there is nothing “faux” about her paintings. My sense is that there is no strategic impulse at work at all. Sarah’s pictorial language simply is what it is and can be no other way

Sarah McEneaney. Courtesy of Locks Gallery.

As always, New York City has a lot to see. On the blue-chip side of the fence, be sure to see Brice Marden’s show of graphite drawings at Matthew Marks, and David Zwirner’s inaugural exhibition of works by Ad Reinhardt. Mid-career painter, Dan Walsh, continues to look great in his latest outing at Paula Cooper Gallery. In terms of emerging artists, I am most excited about Richard Aldrich at Bortolami, Michael Williams at CANADA, and Ann Craven at Maccarone.

Looking to other parts of the country, and in no particular order, I am excited about: Rebecca Ward at Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston; Jonas Wood at Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago.; Dianna Molzan and Jim Shaw, both in Los Angeles, at Overduin and Kite, and Blum and Poe, respectively; Jessica Dickinson at Altman Siegel in San Francisco; and, another one of my personal favorites, the now ninety-three year old Gaylen Hansen at Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle.

Enjoy the list.

-Steven Zevitas, Publisher

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Pam Longobardi (NAP #16, #28, #36, #82)
Nov 1 – Dec 14 2013
Sandler Hudson Gallery

Lance Letscher (NAP #48)
Oct 12^th – Nov 16^th 2013
Conduit Gallery

Howard Sherman (NAP #60, #72, #90, #108) PUBLISHER’S PICK
Oct 26^th – Nov 27^th 2013
McMurtrey Gallery

Astrid Bowlby (NAP #45, #57) PUBLISHER’S PICK
Nov 23^rd – Jan 18^th 2013
Gallery Joe

Astrid Bowlby. Courtesy of Gallery Joe.

Sarah McEneaney (NAP #21) PUBLISHER’S PICK
Oct 18^th – Nov 23^rd 2013
Locks Gallery

James Sterling Pitt (NAP #103)
Oct 17^th – Dec 7^th 2013
Steven Zevitas Gallery

James Sterling Pitt. Courtesy of Steven Zevitas Gallery.

Group Show (Featuring Annie Lapin, NAP #91)
Nov 18^th – Jan 11^th 2013
Andrew Rafacz

Diane Christiansen (NAP #17, #24, #29, #41, #59)
Oct 18^th – Nov 16^th 2013
Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery

Martina Nehrling (NAP #41, #89, #95)
November 2013
Zg Gallery

Alexis Rockman (NAP #38)
Nov 29th – Dec 20^th 2013
Baldwin Gallery

Rebecca Shore (NAP #41)
Nov 22^nd – Jan 11^th 2014
Eight Modern

Group Show (Featuring Claire Stigliani, NAP #83, #107)
Oct 18^th – Nov 29^th 2013
Dean Jensen Gallery

Claire Stigliani. Courtesy of Dean Jensen Gallery.

The Modern Landscape
(Featuring Robert Cocke, NAP#36, #54, John Dilg #11, Harold Gregor NAP #4, Theodore Waddell NAP#5)
November / December 2013
Tory Folliard Gallery

Margaret Evangeline (NAP #36)
Nov 1^st – Dec 30^th 2013
Callan Contemporary

Amy Casey (NAP #71, #83)
Nov 6^th – Jan 5^th 2014
Foley Gallery

Kent Dorn (NAP #102)
Oct 17^th – Nov 16^th 2013
Freight + Volume

Kent Dorn. Courtesy of Freight & Volume.