Tag: abstract painting

Sigmar Polke, German, 1941–2010, Negative Value II (Mizar) (Negativwert II (Mizar)), 1982, Dispersion paint, resin, and pigment on canvas, 103 1/8 × 79 1/8? (262 × 201 cm), Private Collection. Photo: Alistair Overbruck, © 2014 Estate of Sigmar Polke/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014

A Critics’ Roundtable on Sigmar Polke at MoMA

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with Eric Gelber, Suzanne Joelson, Drew Lowenstein and Saul Ostrow

Friday, June 27th, 2014

Lynda Benglis at artcritical

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“HUBS” is a new category on artists and subjects discussed multiple times at artcritical

Installation view, "Jayson Musson: Abstract Art Exhibit," courtesy of Salon 94.
Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

Punchline in Search of a Comedian: Jayson Musson takes on Nancy

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Jayson Musson’s comics-inspired show is at Salon 94 Bowery.

Saturday, June 21st, 2014

Radically Conservative: Franklin Einspruch on Susan Vecsey & James Walsh

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Susan Vecsey and James Walsh lead the vanguard revival of the Tenth Street abstractionists.

Wednesday, June 18th, 2014

Outside the Box: David Carrier on the Legacy of Shaped Canvases

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Two exhibitions chronicle the disparate and sometimes radical uses of shaped canvases since the 1960s.

Carin Riley, Knarr, 2014, Watercolor on paper, 20 X 28 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Myths, Mosaics and Ink Drawing: A Studio Visit with Carin Riley

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Riley’s show at the Queens College Art Center is up thru May 9

Sue Williams, Otis, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 inches. Courtesy of 303 Gallery, New York.
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

As Abstract as Indigestion: Sue Williams at 303 Gallery

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Paintings that revisit the trauma of 9/11 without sentimentality or patriotism

Sandi Slone, Red Letter Day, 2013, oil and acrylic on canvas, 76" x 60."
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014

It’s Elementary: Painting 101 at Sargent’s Daughters

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Five artists lay down the rules of the painting game

Christopher Wool Untitled, 2001 Silkscreen ink on linen, 228.6 x 152.4 cm © Christopher Wool
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

A Critics’ Roundtable on Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim

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Four writers share their thoughts on the painter’s retrospective

Alan Shields, Finger Lickin’, 1974-76, acrylic, thread, rope, string and beads on canvas, 118 x 113 inches, 299.72 x 287.02 centimeters. Courtesy of Cherry and Martin.
Monday, January 6th, 2014

Hippies Use Side Door: Alan Shields at Cherry and Martin

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A mini-survey of work from the 1960s to the 1980s