Structure and Imagery

Hans Hofmann, White in Blue , 1947 Lines for Winter by Mark Strand for Ros Krauss Tell yourself as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing the same tune no matter where you find yourself— inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow. Tonight as it gets cold tell yourself what you know which is nothing but the tune your bones play as you keep going. And you will be able for once to lie down under the small fire of winter stars. And if it happens that you cannot go on or turn back and you find yourself where you will be at the end, tell yourself in that final flowing of cold through your limbs that you love what you are. Obituary in the NY Times

Hi Friends, Please be on the look out for Ab Crit's next post (Should be posted on Monday) . It's my review of the Pat Passlof show up now @ the Elizabeth Harris Gallery!  Follow ABCRIT on Wordpress Follow on Twitter

5-Polarity , 2014, acrylic on canvas on shaped support, 39 x 30 in. From the press release: Greenleaf spent his career in New York City and his native Maine, where he resides today on the mid-coast in Waldoboro (he was born in Damariscotta).  His art has followed an evolutionary trajectory. After moving to Tribeca in 1973, he began producing large and strongly physical welded-steel structures with complex ground planes. Receiving a significant amount of attention from the press, these works were shown in several locations at once in 1973, including the lobby of the Whitney Museum. At the time, while teaching at the School of Visual Arts, Greenleaf became part of the dynamic downtown art scene. In this milieu he came to know the art critic Clement Greenberg, who inspired him toward contextual elucidation in his own writings about art. Over time, Greenleaf’s work evolved from steel plates to more complex structures produced with two or more materials. Imposingly lar...

Chris Martin October 9 - November 15, 2014 Anton Kern Gallery 532 W 20th Street New York, NY 10011

Franz West November 6 - December 13, 2014 David Zwirner  537 W 20th Street New York, NY 10011

Lori Swartz    New Mexico   lorimetalsgallery.com studio portrait by Richard Walker Enda O'Donoghue    Berlin     endaodonoghue.com studio portrait by Richard Walker Paul Behnke    New York     paulbehnke.net studio portrait by Richard Walker The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts

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The Flat World is Curved , 2014, acrylic on canvas, 38x38 in. Melissa Dunn : You, Me, and Us Opening: Friday, November 7, 6 - 8 pm November 4 - November 29, 2014 There will be an artist's talk on Saturday, November 8 at 2:00 pm. L Ross Gallery 5040 Sanderlin Avenue Memphis, TN 38117

ABCRIT is now online. In the first post John Bunker writes on the Richard Tuttle show at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. This site is organized and presented by Robin Greenwood, a sculptor and one of the founders of the original Abstract Critical. Please follow the site on Word Press and on Twitter at the familiar Abstract Critical feed to keep up with new post and the discussion that surrounds them. I will be submitting my first written piece for the site in December. Join us and join the discussion!

Inga Dalrymple, #10 , 2012, acrylic on paper, 21x30 cm. Four Loko: Four Solos Under One Roof featuring: Inga Dalrymple, Ellen Letcher, Christina Tenaglia, and Austin Thomas Curated by Julie Torres Opening: Saturday, November 15, 6 - 9 pm Proto Gallery 66 Willow Avenue Hoboken, NJ 07030

 Red Ripper! , 2014, acrylic on canvas, 48x50 in.  (detail) (detail) (detail) The last large work completed at the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency .

View of my workspace at the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Photo by: Emma Golden Please join us for Open Studios This Wednesday from 4:30pm - 7:00pm will be our final Open Studios for 2014! If you haven't gotten a chance to visit the space this year, meet the current resident artists and view their work, we hope you will stop by for a visit on Wednesday. Find out more about the current residents: Lori Swartz Enda O'Donoghue Paul Behnke The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts 237 Bell Road New Berlin, NY  Phone: 607-431-8765

Form and Facture : installation view. Photo by Maggie Cai Maggie Cai, of the Stony Brook Independent, shares a photo essay of Form and Facture: New Painting and Sculpture from New York . The group exhibition, featuring four painters and two sculptors from New York, is currently on view and will run until December 13. The show is curated by Karen Levitov and features work by Rachel Beach, Paul Behnke, Matthew Neil Gehring, Osamu Kobayashi, Rebecca Murtaugh, and Fran O'Neill. A panel talk with the artist will be held on November 17 at 1 pm. View more of Cai's photos from the opening here .   * above photo courtesy of Maggie Cai and the Stony Brook Independent

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