Saturday, January 30, 2016

Richard Diebenkorn at Van Doren Waxter











From the Press Release:

“I’d left all my influences in San Francisco.  I left my mentors.  I think I was saying to myself in Albuquerque that OK I’m going to damn well paint what I want I’m not going to do this qualifying of my intuitive responses….If grass green and sky blue and desert tan; if these associations come into the work that’s part of my experience.”
 
- Richard Diebenkorn, interview with Mark Lavatelli, Santa Monica, California, November 1978
 
Van Doren Waxter is pleased to present an exhibition of works on paper from 1949-1955 by Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993). Organized in cooperation with the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, Richard Diebenkorn: Early Color Abstractions 1949-1955 features thirty works exhibited for the first time. 
 
Diebenkorn’s early works from the late 40s through the mid 50s are considered among the finest examples of postwar American abstraction. Illuminating Diebenkorn's formative period, they suggest a fluidity present in his later process, which was marked by shifts into figuration and representational forms, and prefigure the iconic “Ocean Park” paintings.
 
Characterized by gestural, calligraphic lines and lush fields of color, these works reflect the growing momentum of abstraction pushed forward by many artists of the period. Evoking the terrain in which Diebenkorn lived—luminous swaths of ochre and marine tend to dominate—offering a convincing rejoinder to the New York School, and of work by contemporaries like Pollock and de Kooning.
 
Diebenkorn left Sausalito, California in 1949 to pursue his graduate degree in art at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. In 1952 he moved again to Urbana, Illinois to teach and then, in 1952, returned to California where he settled in Berkeley. Each new surrounding provoked a change in the artist’s palette and in the overall rhythm of his compositions.
 
Richard Diebenkorn: Early Color Abstractions 1949-1955 is accompanied by a fully illustrated exhibition catalog, with an introductory essay by Mark Lavatelli, an artist, published writer and Professor of Humanities at Medaille College in Buffalo, NY. 















Richard Diebenkorn: Early Color Abstractions 1949 - 1955

on view through March 5, 2016

Van Doren Waxter





. . . and a bonus James Brooks, from 1973-74, in the lobby.




Friday, January 29, 2016

Paul D'Agostino at Life on Mars


Paul D'Agostino, , 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches.
photo courtesy of the artist and Life on Mars



Paul D'Agostino: Scriptive Formalities

February 5 – March 6, 2016
Opening reception: Friday, February 5, 6 - 9 pm

Artist talk: Saturday, February 13, 3pm


From the Press Release:

Paul D'Agostino's third solo exhibition and his first with Life on Mars Gallery, Scriptive Formalities, is a presentation of two diverse yet not at all divergent bodies of the artist's recent works in painting, drawing, and sculpture. All of these modes are bound together by shared origins in matters of language, translation, and narrative.





D'Agostino preparing for his show soon to be on view at Life on Mars in Brooklyn, NY.
photo courtesy of Michael David / Life on Mars




Goings On All Over


Installation view: Hands Laid On at Keven Kavanagh



A closing event for Aileen Murphy and Kathy Tynan's two person show Hands Laid On.

Friday, January 29, 6 - 8 pm.

There will be a talk with the artists moderated by Ingrid Lyons followed by a performance by Richard Proffitt. The evening will conclude with a Bowie-heavy DJ set from Michael Hill.

Kevin Kavanagh
Dublin, IRL





Brenda Goodman, Self-Portrait 2, 1994, oil on wood, 48 x40 inches.



Trembling Halves 
curated by Lauren Britton and Zachary Keeting

Featuring work by Brenda Goodman and Kate Gilmore

Friday, February 5, 6 - 10 pm

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA








Assembled
curated by Lester Julian Merriweather

Participating artists:

Kenneth Wayne Alexander II, Melissa Dunn, Melissa Farris, Bienvenido Howard, Mary Jo Karimnia, Lawrence Matthews III, Angela D. Myers, Cedar Lorca Nordbye, Drea L. Powell, Michael Roy, Vitus Shell, Kyle Taylor and Lance Turner

Opening: Friday, January 29, 5 -7 pm

ArtsMemphis
Memphis, TN

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Matthew Deleget, Vanitas (Sun Yellow), 2014, enamel spray paint on canvas with decorative frame, 21 x 25 x 3.5 inches.


Vanitas

A one person exhibit by Matthew Deleget

Opening: January 29, 5 - 8 pm

Philip Slein Gallery
ST. Louis, MO








Systems of Compliance

Featuring work by: Christoph Borowiak, Jin-Kyoung Huh, Yoon Jung Kim and Line Krom

Opening: February 19, 7 pm

Boeckercontemporary
Heidelberg, DE





Installation view of works by Kimber Smith
 image courtesy of Galerie Jean Fournier



Kimber Smith: oeuvres sur papier, 1957 - 1975

On view through March 5, 2016

Galerie Jean Fournier
Paris, FR





Lisa Levy, The Artist is Humbly Present, 2016.
photo courtesy of the artist and Christopher Stout Gallery



The Artist is Humbly Present
a durational performance by artist Lisa Levy

Saturday, January 30 and Sunday, January 31, 1-6 pm

Christopher Stout Gallery
Brooklyn, NY




Wednesday, January 27, 2016

An Artist Talk with James Erikson at Stout Projects



James Erikson working in his studio in Philadelphia.



James Erikson will discuss the diverse methods, inspirations and influences that led to his new body of work currently on view.

Saturday, January 30, 3pm.

Stout Projects
55 Meadow Street, #310
Brooklyn, NY

How Soon is Now at the Nottingham Society of Artists Gallery


Closes February 3rd.





This pop up show in Nottingham City centre features 13 well regarded contemporary abstract artists from all over Britain. 

The show is on for seven days only; from Thursday 28th of January to the 3rd of Febuary.
The gallery is located close to Nottingham Castle and is open daily from 10.30 to 5.30 daily.


Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Recently Added to Our Collection: Karen Baumeister


Karen Baumeister, Untitled, acrylic on linen, 16 x 16 in.



Incredibly excited to be able to live with this Karen Baumeister piece every day. Thanks, Jeff!

Stuart Sutcliffe at Harper's Apartment


Stuart Sutcliffe, Hamburg Series #4, oil on canvas, 49 x 39.5 in.
photo courtesy of stuartsutcliffeart.com



Stuart Sutcliffe at Harper's Apartment

view by appointment only
E 57th Street between Madison and Park
e: mail@harpersbooks.com


Thursday, January 7, 2016

Sneak Peek: James Erikson's Some Trees coming up at Stout Projects


Installation view of Some Trees: New Work by James Erikson



Here is a quick, sneak peek at James Erikson's upcoming show Some Trees opening at Stout Projects 
on Saturday, January 9 from 3 - 5 pm.
This exhibition will see Erikson present sculptures for the fist time as well new large paintings and collage works.


James Erikson: Some Trees

Opening Saturday, January 9, 3 - 5 pm

January 9 - February 6, 2016

Stout Projects


Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Sideshow Nation lV: Thru the Rabbit Hole


Paul Behnke, 2015, The Holy Ghost, acrylic on panel, 14 x 11 in.




I'm very pleased to have a painting included in this year's Sideshow Nation lV: Thru the Rabbit Hole.

Please join us on Saturday January 9 from 6 - 9 for the opening reception.

This year Sideshow is partnering with Life on Mars in Brooklyn. Life on Mars will present a show at that location on Friday, January 8. Check out LoM's site for further details.







Sideshow


Space, Light and Disorder at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts


Peter Dudek, Modern Shakers, 2015




Space, Light and Disorder

a group exhibition curated by Marilla Palmer

Jan 7 - Feb 13, 2016
Opening Jan 7, 6 - 8 pm

Katheryn Markel Fine Arts


Cops at Tops


 Tom of Finland



Ernest Withers



 Walter Robinson



Detail of a painting by Stephen Lack



Scott Reeder



 Gallery owner / photographer, Matt Ducklo



Kevin Ford



Lester Merriweather (left) and Kevin Ford



 Paul Edwards (left) and Leo Fitzpatrick



 Detail of work by Paul Edwards



 Paul Edwards, Humpty Dumpty



 Detail from work by Paul Edwards



 Tom of Finland



Installation view with work by Marlous Borm, David Deutsch (left) and Ernest Withers



Kevin Ford, Stephen Lack, Marlous Borm (floor) and David Deustch (l to r)



Tom of Finland


A review of the show written by Frederic Koeppel for The Commercial Appeal -




Cops

Through February 6, 2016

Tops