Florence Lynch Gallery 531-539 West 25th Street New York NY 10001 212.924-3290 June 1 – July 15, 2006 The Material Sign is the carefully chosen title given by painter and critic Stephen Westfall to this show of four artists: Craig Fisher, Phillis Ideal, Marthe Keller, and Gwenn Thomas. Their work, as Westfall writes in the … Continued

“Craig Fisher: Recent Paintings” at Florence Lynch, through May 8 Florence Lynch Gallery, 531-539 W 25, ground floor, between 10th and 11th Avenues, 212-924-3290 “Friedel Dzubas: Paintings of the 1950s” at Jacobson Howard Gallery through April 17th 2004, 19 East 76th Street, between Madison and Fifth 212-570-2362 “Angelo Ippolito (1922-2001)” at David Findlay Jr Fine … Continued

This is the first publication of an essay written on the occasion of Craig Fisher’s recent exhibitions at Florence Lynch in October 2002 and Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris, in March/April 2003 The conflicts and antagonisms that impinge on the place of painting in contemporary culture are innumerable, and they’ve been with us for generations. In … Continued