Structure and Imagery

Works by Anna Kunz , will be included in the group effort Verge on the LES tomorrow night. (image courtest of the artist) From the press release: Munch Gallery is pleased to present 'Verge' - a group exhibition curated by Mie Olise. To be ”on the verge” is to approach something closely, without quite giving over. It’s an ambigous state. Such states are difficult to navigate, they don’t give us easy answers. This is particularly true in painting. 'Verge' at Munch Gallery brings together a group of painters who span generations and contintents. The connecting thread woven here is a marked interest in paint handling that marks the boundary between representation and abstraction. New York painting has a long history. In its current form, long held distinctions between abstraction and figuration are crumbling and reinventing themselves. Painters are forming mini-subcultures. The new work coming out of this tradition is ...

  Lightening , 2014, oil on linen, 70x60 in. Spin, Spring, Split , 2014, oil on linen (three parts), 30x22 in. each. Andrea Belag : S, M, L: Recent Paintings Opening Reception: Thursday, June 5, 6 - 8 PM June 6 - July 18, 2014 DCKT Contemporary 21 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002

Katherine Bradford, Superman Kiss , 2011, oil on canvas, 48x29 in. From the press release: For exhibit 39 we are pleased to present Brooklyn Bridge, a group show of fourteen contemporary Brooklyn painters, guest curated by painter Justine Frischmann, and showcasing works by Andrea Belag, Katherine Bradford, Farrell Brickhouse, Sharon Butler, Clare Grill, Clinton King, Chris Martin, Saira McLaren, Paul DeMuro, Mike Olin, Paul Pagk, Jason Stopa, Julie Torres and Wendy White. Frischmann draws parallels between her experiences with the London Punk revival of the '90s and the current resurgence of raw painting in New York neighborhoods such as Bushwick and Red Hook, making a case for a community-driven aesthetic. As Frischmann states, "They are closely knit, talking, arguing, listening, competing, supporting each other. Working and living and partying together. They have nothing to lose because no one is listening to them anyway. And then, one by o...

Recently I was welcomed into the Brooklyn studio of painter Karen Schifano . Schifano's minimal compositions, painted in a vivid palette, reveal sensitive, painterly touches when closely inspected.  The work is confident and bold and the power derived from this stance contradicts delicate variations in what at first appears to be a solid color ground. The forthrightness of the work makes the discovery of a line barely visible or a feathered corner or edge that much more gratifying when discovered. Lately, other compositional elements have been introduced that interact with and against the larger forms. The addition of graceful curvilinear forms: a hovering ellipse here, the swoop of an "infinity symbol" there, allow for a more complicated reading of the space and at times it may seem that a stage has been set. This aspect allows for elements of narrative, character, and a psychological reading to come into play. Schifano's work has recently been includ...

Artists: Rebecca Murtaugh , Justine Frischmann , Fran O'Neill , and Matthew Neil Gehring at the opening of Do It Yourself curated by Julie Torres   Do It Yourself curated by Julie Torres  Featuring work by:  Lorri Ott, Katie Bell, Esther Ruiz, Eleanna Anangos and Laurel Sparks - Curated by Julie Alexander Heather Garland, Meg Lipke, Leif Low-beer, James Prez and Chuck Webster- Curated by Brian Cypher  Katherine Bradford , Todd Bienvenu, Mike Olin, Jason Stopa and Rick Briggs- Curated by Brian Edmonds  Polly Shindler, Talia Shulze, Osamu Kobayashi and Yevgeniya Baras- Curated by Justine Frischmann  Susan Bricker, Shawn Powell, Will Hutnick, Pat Berran and Jen Shepard- Curated by David T Miller   Ben King and Jay Henderson- Curated by Sean Montgomery  Clare Grill, Suzanne Goldenberg, Maria Britton, Mike Olin, Yevgeniya Baras and Shanna Maurizi- Curated by Melanie Parke  Ashley Garrett, Becky Yazdan, Brian Wo...