DC
December 20, 2011, 8:15am
By Any Means Necessary: Q&A with Chip Allen
Chip Allen’s letting loose. He’s squeegeed, splattered, and gesturally brushed over his geometric abstractions, and by the looks of it action painting’s winning out. His loose, intuitive marks and smudges run interference across seemingly systematic lines, the resulting balance a taut non-resolution that tugs from opposing ends, even if one end does so a bit harder. But there’s no subjugation here. Amalgamation is more like it, and a methodical contemplation on the all-encompassing potential of his medium -- oil in his most recent paintings.
December 13, 2011, 8:15am
Must-See Paintings Shows: December
In the 300+ gallery exhibitions that we previewed for this post, we discovered a number of New American Paintings' alumni on view in December. Jim Lutes continues to produce a substantial body of work and, once again, demonstrates why he is one of Chicago’s leading painters. And check out Dolphin Gallery’s group exhibition “Push” which features several NAP artists, including a favorite of ours, Michael Krueger. Other shows that stand out: Fernando Mastrangelo at Charest-Weinberg, Byron Kim and James Cohan Gallery, and Cordy Ryman and Eli Ridgway. Enjoy the list! Please check them out and let us know what you think in the comments section after the jump!
November 30, 2011, 8:45am
Colorful Language: Paintings by Mel Bochner at the National Gallery of Art
As Mel Bochner tells it, his longstanding engagement with language was inevitable.
November 07, 2011, 9:46am
Historical Lineage: Q&A with Matthew Craven
Much of Matthew Craven’s meticulous work exists as both colorful abstraction and surreal historical document. His transformation of images appropriated from history textbooks nudge and reconfigure the original historical narratives. And his modular treatment of familiar forms unexpectedly activates their hidden potential for abstraction. Painting, drawing, collage and installation are linked in Craven’s practice through his fastidiously precise lines, which run across works and from project to project.
October 27, 2011, 10:34am
Must-See Paintings Shows: November
We reviewed upcoming November exhibitions at close to 300 commercial galleries from throughout the United States to compile this list. Once again, it is another extraordinarily strong month for the medium of painting. Highlights include the feverishly painted work of Alison Schulnik at Zieher Smith, Nathan Hylden’s complex meditations on the studio at Richard Telles, and Llyn Foulkes idiosyncratic landscapes at Andrea Rosen. - Must-See November painting shows after the jump!
October 20, 2011, 9:00am
Progress Report: Q&A with Kris Chatterson and Vince Contarino
Give it time and the Internet will mobilize for change in just about any arena. So it’s not surprising that artist-run exhibition spaces -- always bastions of change -- are increasingly striving for a stronger online presence, sometimes even eschewing fixed brick-and-mortar locales all together. And it’s not just exhibition spaces.
October 14, 2011, 8:00am
Iona Rozeal Brown and 30 Americans at Corcoran
Over New American Paintings’ history we have reviewed the work of tens of thousands of artists. For those with a keen interest in contemporary painting, the publication has had an incredible track record of featuring artists that have gone on to gain significant attention. Iona Rozeal Brown is one such artist. She was featured in our 2002 MFA Annual when she had just graduated from the Yale School of Art.
October 06, 2011, 12:10pm
The Writing’s on the Wall: a Q&A with David Kramer
Considering current events, it may be easy to wonder if David Kramer’s paintings have a slight political bent. Much like the characters in his work, we’ve had to collectively reassess our own aspirations amid the failed promises of the credit and housing bubbles. But taking stock of one’s own life is far from a political act, and Kramer’s work is probably too introspective to be social activism.
September 26, 2011, 2:09pm
Highlights from (e)merge: the artists platform
Unlike the gallery platform, two-dimensional works were a bit less common in the artist platform at (e)merge. It’s not surprising -- in their call to artists the organizers expressed an interest in site-specific work that engaged with the idiosyncrasies of a hotel setting. But it may also point to the organizers’ desire to favor experimentation over commerce in this portion of the fair.
September 24, 2011, 8:33am
Highlights from (e)merge: the gallery platform
(e)merge kicked off with a preview and poolside party on Thursday evening. Featuring two platforms, one for galleries and the other for unrepresented artists, the fair occupies the first three floors of the Capitol Skyline Hotel as well as the lower level parking garage. I took a look around the gallery platform on Friday -- just about 40 exhibitors -- and will be checking out the artist platform on Saturday. My report on the galleries, with lots of images, after the jump. - Matthew Smith, DC Contributor
Pages
Categories
- Alabama
- Art Fairs
- Art Market
- Art World
- Artists on Artists
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Behind the Scenes
- Boston
- Boston/Cambridge
- By the Book
- Chicago
- Collecting
- Competition
- Competitions
- Curator Watch List
- Dallas
- DC
- Features
- Gallerist at Home
- Heart to Art
- Houston
- In the Studio
- Interview
- Kansas City
- Los Angeles
- MFA
- Miami
- Moving Up
- Museum Admission
- Must-See
- Must-Sees
- NAP Artists on View
- NAP News
- New Jersey
- New York
- Noteworthy
- Oakland
- On the Road
- One of a Kind
- Other Voices
- Pacific Coast
- Philadelphia
- Philly
- Poll
- Portland
- Process Of A Painting
- Q&A
- Review
- San Francisco
- Santa Fe
- Seattle
- Sneak Peeks
- South
- Special Offers
- Spotlight
- Staff
- Studio Visit
- The Conversation
- Uncategorized
- Unlocking The Vault
- Video
- Vote!
- We've Got One Question
- Weekly Recap
- What's the Deal?