Structure and Imagery

A detail view of Mit Jai Inn's Untitled (#ANY-2), 2018. photo: Paul Behnke Last night I attended the opening of The Thick Lines Between Here and There . The exhibit is co-curated by Keith Schweitzer of SFA Projects and Owen Houhoulis of Owen James Gallery . The exhibition brings four of Thailand's most recognized abstract painters together and presents their work along with well known contemporary artists from Europe and America revealing deep commonalities in both form and feeling. On view at Owen James Gallery through December 8th. Below are a few of my favorite works from the exhibition . . . . Gary Stephan, If - Then, 1974 - 75 photo courtesy of Owen James Gallery Franz West, Creativity: Furniture Reversal, 1998 photo courtesy of Owen James Gallery Mit Jai Inn, Untitled (#ANY-1), 2018 photo courtesy of Owen James Gallery The Thick Lines Between Here and There Co-curated by Keith Schweitzer and Owen Houhoulis On View through December 8, 201...

 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 ...