Structure and Imagery

From the Press Release: Edward Avedisian was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1936 and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  After moving to New York City in the early 1960s, he joined the dynamic art scene in Greenwich Village, frequenting the Cedar Tavern on Tenth Street, associating with the critic Clement Greenberg, and joining a new generation of abstract artists, such as Darby Bannard, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Larry Poons. Avedisian was among the leading figures to emerge in the New York art world during the 1960s.  An artist who mixed the hot colors of Pop Art with the cool, more analytical qualities of Color Field painting, he was instrumental in the exploration of new abstract methods to examine the primacy of optical experience, breaking from the tactility of Abstract Expressionism.  His works were included in landmark exhibitions such as Op Art: The Responsive Eye , at the Museum of Modern Art, the...

Leon Kossoff: London Landscapes On view through December 21, 2013 Mitchell - Innes & Nash 534 West 26th Street New York, NY 10075   Larry Poons: Geometry + Dots 1957 - 1965 On view through December 14, 2013 Loretta Howard Gallery 525-531 West 26 Street New York, NY 10001 (Above works by Anne Russinof) Disposition : Gregory Hayes & Anne Russinof On view through January 3, 2014 Blank Space 511 West 25th Street Ste 204 New york, NY 10001 Sean Scully: Night and Day On view through January 11, 2014 Cheim & Read 547 West 25th Street New York, NY 10001 Matthew Blackwell: Picklelilly: Recent Painting and Sculpture October 17 - November 30, 2013 Edward Thorp Gallery 210 Eleventh Ave 6th Floor New York, NY 10001

  Paul Behnke , No Title , 2013, acrylic on canvas, 18x18 in. Very happy to be included on Tilted Arc 's site in their Backstory series. Here painters are invited to share insight into a particular piece or body of work. Read my entry here: http://www.tilted-arc.com/2013/11/26/backstory-paul-behnke/

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This week I had the pleasure of visiting the studio of Bushwick based painter, Jodie Manasevit . In Manasevit's abstract work nuanced, spirited color combinations, and segmented forms are enhanced by a varied application of paint. Taken in as a whole these elements converge to produce a rich, frantic visual experience that never wholly masks the planning and consideration that are crucial to their making. Manasevit received an MFA from Hunter College in 1985. She has mounted one person exhibitions at the Worchester Art Museum, Diacono Fine Arts in Boston, and at White Columns in New York, among other venues. Currently Manasevit is represented by Berry Campbell in New York, NY.