Patience & Painting
Albert Oehlen, FM 38, 2011, oil and paper on canvas, 86 by 74 13 inches (courtesy Gagosian Gallery) Brendan Carroll exhorts contemporary painters to embrace more patience in the studio. Carroll...
View ArticlePainting, Perception, & the Emphatically Handmade
Jonathan Allmaier, Untitled (13 Bumps), 2013, oil on canvas, 77 1/2 x 59 1/8 inches (photo: Thomas Micchelli for Hyperallergic) Thomas Micchelli reviews the exhibition Let’s Get Physical at Ventana...
View ArticleSharon Butler: Casualist Painting
Sharon Butler, Silencer, 2013, pigment, binder, latex enamel, gesso, pencil, staples, loosely stretched linen tarp, 66 x 72 inches (courtesy of the artist) Elizabeth Johnson blogs about the paintings...
View ArticleZoe Nelson: Interview
Zoe Nelson, Skype Breakdown, 2013, oil on canvas, holes, 34 x 30 inches (courtesy of the artist) Kevin Blake interviews painter Zoe Nelson about her work on the occasion of her exhibition at Western...
View ArticleProvisional Painting: Three Hypotheses
Richard Aldrich, If I Paint Crowned I've Had It, Got Me, 2008, oil and wax on wood on cut linen, 84 x 58 inches (courtesy of Bortolami Gallery) Alan Pocaro offers an indictment of provisional...
View ArticleThe Casualist Tendency
Rebecca Morris, Untitled (#10-13), 2013, 42 x 42 inches (courtesy of Corbett vs. Dempsey) Sharon Butler expands on her influential 2011 Brooklyn Rail essay The New Casualists. Butler writes: "The...
View ArticleProvisional Criticism & the New Mannerism
Brian Dupont, Godot, 2011. Oil on aluminum. 18 x 6 x 6 inches (courtesy of the artist) Brian Dupont responds to the ongoing debate about Provisional and Casual painting. Dupont argues: "Provisionalism...
View ArticleSmart Painting @ ArtSpace
Zachary Keeting, January (4), acrylic on canvas, 54 x 62 inches (courtesy of the artist) Paulina Perlwitz reviews the exhibition Smart Painting at Artspace, New Haven, curated by John O'Donell, on...
View ArticlePainting in Retrograde
Michael Krebber, Untitled, fabric on canvas, 120 x 90 cm, 2006 (courtesy of dépendance, Brussels) Brian Bishop addresses the "lack of forward momentum in the critical dialogue surrounding Painting."...
View ArticleLane Relyea on Painting Now
Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656, Oil on canvas, 125.2 × 108.7 inches (Museo del Prado, Madrid) Jacob Wick interviews Lane Relyea, whose book Your Everyday Art World was published in 2013 by MIT...
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