Structure and Imagery

Frank Stella, ca. late 50s early 60s photographer unknown I recently ran across this old photo of Frank Stella in a ratty but obviously well loved studio sweater and it occurred to me what a strong role our studio get ups play in maintaining consistency and ritual in our studio lives, perhaps even serving as armor or confidence builders as we face the days work. So, I asked some of my favorite artists from all over the world to submit photographs of themselves in the working clothes they felt most comfortable wearing while making their art. The results are below . . . Debra Ramsay, New York, NY web Mandy Lyn Ford, Los Angeles, CA web Joan Mellon, New York, NY web Arvid Boecker, Heidelberg, DE web Nooshin Rostami, Brooklyn, NY Photo taken at the Artel Residency in India, 2016 web Katrin Mäurich, London, UK web René Korten, Tilburg, NL web Sharon Butler, New York, NY web ...

  Gallery owners Christine Berry and Martha Campbell greet opening night visitors before Bannard's Truk , 1958. Seasons #1 , 1965, Alkyd resin on canvas, 66 3/4 x 62 3/4 in. Christine Berry and Martha Campbell chat with Frank Stella.   Walter Darby Bannard greets well wishers at his opening. The opening reception for Walter Darby Bannard: Minimal Color Field Paintings 1958 - 1965 took place on Thursday, March 19th. The exhibition is on view through April 18, 2015. From the Press Release: Berry Campbell is pleased to announce,  Walter Darby Bannard: Minimal Color Field Paintings 1958-1965 , featuring rare paintings and works on paper from the artist’s early years as a painter in New York and New Jersey.  Bannard, a leader in the development of Color Field Painting in the late 1950s, has been committed to color-based and expressionist abstraction for over five decades.  The exhibition opens on Thursday, March 19 wit...

 Installation view. Photo courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery    Installation view. Photo courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery  Installation view. Photo courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery From the Press Release: New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940 - 1970  was the Met's most exciting exhibition to date under the auspices of director Thomas Hoving, who turned Henry Geldzahler loose to price the art world to alertness.  Paul Kasmin Gallery  is pleased to announce  The New York School, 1969: Henry Geldzahler at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ,  on view at  293 Tenth Avenue  from  January 13 - March 14, 2015.  Curated by Stewart Waltzer, this comprehensive group show reprises Geldzahler's seminal exhibition and includes exemplary works by  Josef Albers,  Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, Joseph Cornell, Mark di Suvero, Dan Flavin, Helen Frankenthaler, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hoffmann, Donald ...

Martin Puryear Matthew Marks Gallery Martin Puryear,  Big Phrygian , 2010-2014, painted red cedar, 58x40x76 inches   Martin Puryear, Up and Over , 2014, cast ductile iron, 18 5/8x26 1/2x12 3/4 inches Martin Puryear, Faux Vitrine (detail), 2014, mirror polished stainless steel, curly maple, black walnut, marine plywood, japan color, 73 1/4 x 46 1/2 x 40 3/4 inches Images courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper 1951 - 1991 Paul Kasmin Gallery   Robert Motherwell, Black Asterisk , 1951, 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches   Robert Motherwell, I.H. Series No. 5 , 1970, 22 1/4 x 17 inches Robert Motherwell, Untitled (Grand Vin on Red), 1973, 37 7/8 x 20 inches Robert Motherwell, Midday Sun , 1985, 28 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches Images courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery Louise Bourgeois: Suspension Cheim & Read   Louise Bourgeois, installation view ...