Structure and Imagery

(click to enlarge) Loretta Howard Gallery 525-531 W 26th Street New York, NY 10001

Above and Below by Basil Beattie From the Press Release: Basil Beattie RA is a major figure in the British avant-garde of the late twentieth and twenty first century. Celebrated for his powerful, large scale abstract works, Beattie has become one of Britain’s most respected abstract painters. Beattie was short-listed for the Jerwood Painting Prize in 1998 and 2001. This awe-inspiring exhibition, guest curated by the art historian and critic Mel Gooding, puts into focus Beattie’s most recent work, largely unseen, which shows the continuing influence of American painting from the late fifties, particularly Mark Rothko and Philip Guston. Many of the paintings in the exhibition feature step motifs, Beattie says of these,  "The staircases do not touch the top of the canvas and they don't touch either side. That for me is intriguing, that [there are] ways that look as if one can be optimistic - there's always perhaps the possibility that they don't lead anywhere...

AC-82-D , 1982, acrylic on canvas, 46x32 in. AC-87-041 , 1987, acrylic on canvas, 73.5x54 in. (left), and AP-84-006 , 1984, acrylic on paper, 22x30 in. (detail) AC-84-065 , 1984, acrylic on canvas, 35x54 in. (detail) From the Press Release: Inaugural exhibition to feature the paintings of William Perehudoff (1918 – 2013) NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 5, 2013 – BERRY CAMPBELL, the newest addition to the Chelsea art scene, will have its grand opening on Thursday, October 17.  The ground floor space located at 530 West 24 th  Street will feature Post-War Modern and Contemporary art with a focus on established as well as emerging and mid-career contemporary artists, including Edward Avedisian, Walter Darby Bannard, Eric Dever, Ken Greenleaf, Raymond Hendler, Jodie Manasevit, William Perehudoff, and Ann Purcell. BERRY CAMPBELL will showcase the paintings of the noted Canadian artist, William Perehudoff, in an exhibition entitled  W...

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(click to enlarge) The Double Down Opening reception: October 25, 7 - 9 PM October 25 - November 15, 2013 Trestle 168 7th Street 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11215

Photograph BY MARTHA HOLMES/TIME & LIFE PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES Luxury  Word-skeins,  ropes of language, flaxen cordage,  what luxury to coil its supple circumference in spools, rolls, bobbins, reels,  weaving and looping,knotting, untangling,  slipping a blade to its fibers -- instead of history this entitlement, this private wonder, this poem. -  from Seven Notebooks , by Campbell McGrath

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16 Wilson , 16 Wilson Ave, Bushwick, Brooklyn Matthew Neil Gehring Jason Karolak, Beth Gilfilen, Paul Behnke and Vincent Como ( l to r ) Jason Karolak Joan Mellon Beth Gilfilen Rebecca Murtaugh Rebecca Murtaugh (detail) Kirk Stoller Jason Karolak Matthew Neil Gehring Joan Mellon Paul Behnke Jason Karolak and Beth Gilfilen Matthew Neil Gehring and Vincent Como Paul Behnke and Joan Mellon ( center ) Matthew Neil Gehring Joan Mellon Rachel Beach Vincent Como Beth Gilfilen Opening night. Photo by Matthew Neil Gehring Opening night. Photo by Matthew Neil Gehring Meta Vista Curated by Matthew Neil Gehring Hosted by Deborah Brown With work by: Rachel Beach, Paul Behnke, Vincent Como, Matthew Neil Gehring, Beth Gilfilen,  Jason Karolak, Joan Mellon, Rebecca Murtaugh, and Kirk Stoller Runs through November 9, 2013 16 Wilson 16 Wilson Avenue Bushwick, Brooklyn, N...

Berry Campbell Eagle Gallery EMH Arts Fred Giampietro Life On Mars Theodore:Art Parallel Art Space 16 Wilson Lesley Heller Workspace