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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Making Space For Innocence: Bianca Beck at Rachel Uffner

An impressive debut show that marks affinities with two of the reviewer’s favorite painters

Lynne Yamamoto, Loboptera dimidiatipes, 2009-11. Hand embroidery on found doily, 10 inches in diameter. Courtesy of P.P.O.W.
Monday, November 7th, 2011

Parts of a Whole: Lynne Yamamoto at P.P.O.W

A small show of hauntingly austere works, through November 12

Gary Panter, Untitled (Robot). Acrylic on paper. Courtesy Fredericks & Freiser, New York
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Inverting Aura: Paintings by Gary Panter

on view at Fredericks and Freiser through November 5

Graham Nickson, Red, Yellow, Green Sunset, Rome, ca. 1973-74. Oil on linen with hand-painted frame, 12-3/8 x 14-1/4 inches. Courtesy of Knoedler & Company
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Staring at the Sun: Graham Nickson at Knoedler & Company

He demonstrates his capture of the transitory in a forty-year sampling.  Through October 21

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Maelstrom Gathering Energy: Milton Resnick in the Seventies and Eighties

An Abstract Expressionist caught in purist transition.  At Cheim & Read through October 29

Anne Neely, Bloom, 2014. Oil on linen, 60 x 52 inches. On view at Kathryn Markel Gallery, 2015 (A TOPICAL PICK FROM THE ARCHIVES)
Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Waterworks: Anne Neely at Lohin Geduld

Neely never allows the sentiment behind a work to turn into sentiment in the work.

Ronnie Landfield, What Gauguin Said, 1998. Acrylic on canvas, 97 x 78 inches. Courtesy of Stephen Haller Gallery
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Color Field, Literally: Ronnie Landfield at Stephen Haller

His show, covering work from fourteen years, continues in Chelsea through October 15

Carrie Moyer, The Tiger's Wife, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 inches. Courtesy of CANADA
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

Cherry Bomb to Cherry Blossom: Carrie Moyer at Canada

Her Lower East Side show, titled Canonical, extended through October 23

Loren Munk, East 10th Street, 2005-06 [detail]. Oil on linen, 48 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Lesley Heller Workspace
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

The Map Man: Loren Munk at Lesley Heller

Artist’s talk on last day of show, October 16th at 430pm

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Abstract Expressionism Is Alive and Well in Denmark

Per Kirkeby at Michael Werner Gallery through October 29