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September 3, 2010
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Charles Burchfield, Mike & Doug Starn, Ike Ude
The kind of show that appeals to feature writers on the Times is the incoherent mess of bamboo stalks assembled by Doug & Mike Starn on the roof garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Of far more visual satisfaction is “Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield,” (more…)
August 5, 2010
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Lauren Olitski, Paula DeLuccia, Ann Walsh, Randy Bloom, Susan Roth, Joyce Weinstein, Frank Bowling
Through September 11, "David Evison: Sculpture and Reliefs," at Quest, in Bath, UK. The exquisite little catalogue shows very fresh-looking small sculptures in copper and steel, as well as elegant ceramic reliefs, made of glazed terracotta mounted on plywood.
Through September 19, paintings, sculpture, works on paper and ceramics by Lauren Olitski and (more…)
July 21, 2010
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Michael Filan, Picasso, Durer, Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux, Matisse
The press release for “Excavations Non-Objective: Paintings by Michael Filan” was a real turnoff, illustrated as it was with reproductions of two of the sloppiest paintings I’ve seen. They looked as though the artist had simply hung his canvases on a wall, and slung paint at them, allowing it to (more…)
July 2, 2010
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Percival Goodman, Motherwell, Gottlieb, Ferber
The Jewish Museum has two appealing summer shows, one for grownups and one for the kiddies. (more…)
June 28, 2010
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Oliver Johnson, Pheoris West, Richard Yarde, Fred Danziger, Picasso, Fairfield Porter, William Zorach, Marguerite Zorach, Lennart Anderson, Leland Bell, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Temma Bell, Rosemarie Beck, Philip Guston, Ed Rath, Kenneth Noland, Roy Lerner, Peter Reginato, Francine Tint, Arthur Yanoff, Jules Olitski, Matisse
On two steamy days last week, I visited five galleries, all with reasons to recommend them. First was “Images of Dance: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Evidence Dance Company” at Peg Alston Fine Arts (through July 15). Founded in 1985 by Ronald K. Brown, (more…)
June 26, 2010
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Helen Frankenthaler, Stamos, Greenberg
Given her present eminence, it’s easy to forget that Helen Frankenthaler was only 23 in 1952 when she painted that landmark picture, "Mountain and Sea." At the time, she was still within the orbit of Clement Greenberg. Yet within three years, (more…)
June 16, 2010
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Andy Warhol, David Ratcliff, Kenneth Noland, Jeffrey Bye, Risa Glickman, Ann Walsh, Gene Davis, Monet
Sumer is icumen in, lhude sing cuccu! It’s time for summer group shows, and two Chelsea ones have recently grabbed my interest --- one because of the largest piece in it, the other because of very nearly the smallest. (more…)
June 14, 2010
The last time I looked at politics, during the second week in March, Congress (and the headlines) were all about health care reform legislation. Shortly after I went to press, that legislation was passed, and signed into law by President Obama. Sundry states are bringing lawsuits, trying to get the law invalidated (more…)
June 12, 2010
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Cesar Alvarez
FEATURED IN THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE DELUXE PRINT EDITION OF FMD #90 (April 15-June 1, 2010): THE SCULPTURE OF CÉSAR ALVAREZ....
May 30, 2010
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Monet, Peter Reginato, Dee Shapiro, Anne Truitt, Robert and Ethel Scull, Jasper Johns, Greenberg, Larry Poons, Sheila Luck, Mitchel Smith, Helen Frankenthaler, Craig Barnes, George Hofmann, Michael L. Williams, Franklin Einspruch
Down in the bowels of West 21st Street, Larry Gagosian, who is to Chelsea what P. T. Barnum was to circuses, has mounted what he obviously hopes will be the same kind of historical blockbuster that his big late Picasso show was last season. “Claude Monet: Late Work,” curated by Paul Hayes Tucker, (more…)
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