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Studio view, 2015.   a hot day in Texas , 2014, acrylic and paper on canvas, 18 x 15 in.   i remember , 2014, oil on panel, 16 x 18 in.   old friend , 2014, acrylic and paper on canvas, 24 x 24 in. Born in San Antonio, TX, Cristina Muñiz now lives and works in Kansas City, MO. Muñiz received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2014. She has been represented in solo exhibits in San Antonio in 2012 and 2011 as well as in multiple group exhibitions in 2014 including those at The Forum Gallery, and Dodge Painting Gallery.  Currently Muñiz's work can be seen in displacement / thisplacement curated by Israel Garcia for Paragraph Gallery in Kansas City through July 11. Cristina Muñiz was recently the recipient of the Charlotte Street Foundation's Studio Residency Program .   temple Square no. 1 , 2014, acrylic and enamel on foam panel, 24 x24 in.   Do I Have to Wear Pink? , 20...

The Only If , 2014, acrylic and polymers on panel, 40 x 50 inches. From the Press Release: Berry Campbell is pleased to announce the opening on May 28th, 2015 of an exhibition featuring Jill Nathanson, an artist who has worked to reimagine the tradition of Color Field painting. Using a technique of pouring acrylic polymers, Nathanson’s paintings are characterized by coloristic inventiveness, as the pours create new hues by overlapping layers of translucency. Her paintings evoke what she calls “color desire,” as the fluidity of the forms engage us in seeking color resolutions across the pictorial field, while drawing us to the different spaces that the colors occupy and the ways they attract and repel each other.  Nathanson became fascinated by color painting at Bennington College, Vermont. She arrived at the school in the mid-1970s, when it was at the center of color field abstraction. From Kenneth Noland and Larry Poons, she learned to avoid composing through dar...

Sylvester Stallone, Untitled (Michael Jackson) , 2010 Real Love: Paintings 1975 - 2015 Opened on May 16th Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporaine Place Yves Klein 06364 Nice cedex 4 For more information visit artnet news .

From the Press Release: Vito Schnabel is pleased to announce the opening of  First Show / Last Show,  a group exhibition at 190 Bowery on May 16, 2015. Featured artists include Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Jeff Elrod, Ron Gorchov, Mark Grotjahn, Harmony Korine, and Julian Schnabel. The artists included in  First Show / Last Show  are seven of my favorite painters. I have had the privilege of living with some of their works and have long wanted to show them together. There are very few artists whose work immediately conveys its significance, like each of these seven .  They represent three generations of great American contemporary art, ranging in age from 35 to 85.    I grew up in New York City, walking by the former Germania Bank countless times. I always wanted to go inside, thinking it might be a perfect place for an exhibition. This is the first time this 1899 landmark building will be open to the public since the bank closed in 19...

Rubens Ghenov and Marina Adams Rob de Oude, Laurel Sucsy, and Rubens Ghenov From the Press Release: Crosstown Arts is pleased to present "Between the Eyes," a group show about contemporary abstract painting and how we see it.  Just as the relationships of pitch and duration can express emotion in music, the formal relationships of hue, value, shape, and placement can collect to create meaning in abstract painting. Featuring the work of six painters exploring distinct modes of abstraction, the exhibition examines the way each artist uses deliberate choices to engage us in the experience of looking. Fo rmal cues such as gesture, color and the use of found objects prompt us to recognize patterns and attribute meaning to certain behaviors. Physicality contends with the pictorial as we both decipher and project meaning into the space of abstract forms. A short video interview with curator, Laurel Sucsy.   Rubens Ghenov, Marina Adams, Rob de Oud...

Timperio works while surrounded by a collection of paintings by friends. Above right is a painting by Thornton Willis.   Studio view with new work.   An older work by Timperio.  Richard Timperio in his studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Last Thursday I took a trip out to Williamsburg for a visit to the studio of Richard Timperio . Timperio moved to the once desolate neighborhood in 1979. In addition to his painting practice he opened the first incarnation of Sideshow Gallery in 1994 and continues to operate the seminal space (one of the largest, private exhibition spaces in Brooklyn) presenting the work of Tom Evans, Larry Lee Webb, Thornton Willis, Larry Poons, Dan Christensen, and Chris Martin among many others. During our visit Timperio presented new work aligned with his paintings currently on view at Andre Zarre Gallery. Timperio's bold color and interlocking forms lay the groundwork for the paintings'...