Criticism
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
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Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Cosmic Close-Ups: Stephen Mueller’s infinite spheres

until November 27 at Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.

Jannis Kounellis, Untitled / 12 Live Horses, Rome, 1969
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Jannis Kounellis: Hard Materials, Transcendent Light

New monograph by Marc Scheps from Prestel

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Ralph Lemon at BAM

“How Can You Stay in the House All Day ..?” was at the New Wave Festival in October.

Lee Krasner, Gaea, 1966.?Oil on canvas, 69 x 125-1/2 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Kay Sage Tanguy Fund?© 2010 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Strong on the Margins: AbEx New York at MoMA

Through April 25, the show draws exclusively from the museum’s collection.

detail of John Chamberlain, Untitled, ca.1960. Painted paper, staples, and mixed media on collage board, 11-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches. Courtesy of Allan Stone Gallery
Friday, November 12th, 2010

The Probity of Modernism: Collages by John Chamberlain and Alfred Leslie

Striking commonalities in the early works of two very different artists, at Allan Stone through December 23

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (N-22), 2010. Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 8-5/8 x 9-15/16 inches. The Pace Gallery
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Ground Control to Major Tom: Please re-hang your show

Nozkowski’s current exhibition at Pace includes his best work to date, but the installation is another matter.

installation shot of exhibition under review, Ati Maier: The Great Dipper, Pierogi 2000, Williamsburg, 2010
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Beyond Fuss and Fiddle: The universe according to Ati Maier

on view at Pierogi through November 15

Wallace Whitney, Quarry, 2010. Oil on canvas, 80 x 70 inches. Courtesy of Horton Gallery
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

The Big (Juicy) Apple: Three current shows of abstract painterliness

Russell Roberts at Heskin Contemporary, Cynthia Hartling at Janet Kurnatowski, and Wallace Whitney at Horton

Don Christensen, Silver Button, 2010. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 76 x 50 inches. Courtesy of Sideshow
Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Tabula Rasa: Don Christensen at Sideshow

He achieves a reference-free field when that field should, by all accounts, be laden.

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

All or Nothing or something in between: Pipilotti Rist at Luhring Augustine

Falling short of her own high standards, an innocuous version of earlier work