Stanley Whitney, Bob's (Rauschenberg) Smile, 2009. Oil on linen, 72 x 72 inches. Courtesy of Team Gallery.
Friday, January 29th, 2010

January 2010: Mario Naves, Joan Waltemath, and John Yau with moderator David Cohen

Frances Barth at Sundaram Tagore, Marlo Pascual at Casey Kaplan, Susannah Philips at Lori Bookstein Fine Art, and Stanley Whitney at Team

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Stuart Shils: Recent Paintings at Tibor de Nagy Gallery and John Dubrow: Small Landscapes at Lori Bookstein Fine Art

The exhibitions of Shils and Dubrow overlapped by only a couple days, just enough to allow fresh comparisons between the two. Their differences intrigue: could it be that Shils seeks evocative means of representing, while Dubrow peruses the workings of representation itself?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Willard Boepple: Looms at Lori Bookstein Fine Art

The author finds unexpected links between Boepple and the Surrealist phase of Alberto Giacometti

Willard Boepple, Burnley, 2008. Poplar, 29 x 60 x 21 inches
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Willard Boepple at Lori Bookstein Fine Art

Willard Boepple at Lori Bookstein Fine Art

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Janet Malcolm: “Burdock” at Lori Bookstein Fine Art

Janet Malcolm at Lori Bookstein Fine Art

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Eve Aschheim at Lori Bookstein Fine Art and Paul Pagk at Moti Hasson Gallery

Something about abstract painting attracts dogmatic criticism. Figurative painting is understood to belong to millenia-long traditions in which so much is possible that a degree of pluralism is inevitable. And yet, despite abstract painting’s rich 100-year history, with roots deep into visual culture beyond that brisk century, its champions still fall for the habit of … Continued

Friday, December 1st, 2006

Willard Boepple: Resin, Paper and Wood

Lori Bookstein Fine Art 37 West 57th Street, 3rd floor New York City October 26 to December 9, 2006 The ten sculptures in this exhibition have contrasting formal qualities, simple and direct exteriors or frameworks, which are cylindrical, rectilinear, or box-like, utilitarian and other, and variegated interiors, with shifting planes and interstices. Unless you have … Continued

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Ken Kewley: Collages

Lori Bookstein Fine Art 37 West 57th St. 3rd Fl New York, New York September 15 – October 28, 2005 According to his resume, Ken Kewley has been exhibiting his work since 1991, but except for brief blurb reviews and a few sentences in reviews of group exhibitions, his work has not been written about. … Continued

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Susannah Phillips: Recent Painting

Lori Bookstein 37 West 57th Street 212-750-0949 Susannah Phillips, a former student of William Coldstream and Euan Uglow, lives and works in Montreal. Her first show at Lori Bookstein is a gracious, lively debut. Her work combines the gestural vivacity and painterly ease of accomplished abstraction with a strong affinity for observation. Particularly distinctive is … Continued

Thursday, December 16th, 2004

David Reed at Max Protetch, Garth Evans at Lori Bookstein, Lisa Hoke at Elizabeth Harris, Alfred Leslie at Allan Stone

“David Reed” at Max Protetch until December 23 (511 W. 22 Street between 10th & 11th Avenues, 212-633-6999). “Garth Evans, Watercolors” at Lori Bookstein until January 7 (37 W. 57th Street, 212-750-0949). “Lisa Hoke: The Gravity of Color” at Elizabeth Harris until December 23 (529 W. 20th Street between 10th & 11th Avenues, 212-463-9666). “Alfred … Continued