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Photos From the Opening: The Thing I Came For in Heidelberg at Boecker Contemporary

With painter Katrin  Mäurich  at the opening. With Robin Stout (ctr.). Arvid Boecker (ctr) painter and director of Boecker Contemporary   Arvid Boecker and Paul Behnke With White Goblin, 2016.   Installation view: The Thing I Came For at Boecker Contemporary Installation view: The Thing I Came For at Boecker Contemporary ...And images from the catalogue with text by David Rhodes . cover essay by David Rhodes The Thing I Came For new work by Paul Behnke On view through August 19 boeckercontemporary Heidelberg, Germany info photos of the opening reception by Uli Hillendbrand.

On Paper at Minus Space

Rudolf de Crignis, Painting #E92204, 1993 Watercolor and graphite on paper 15 x 11 1/4 inches (unframed), 17 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches (framed) Courtesy Rudolf de Crignis Estate ON PAPER Roberta Allen  |  Douglas Allsop  |  Hartmut Böhm Vincent Como  |  Julian Dashper  |  Rudolf de Crignis Nate Ethier  |  Cris Gianakos  |  James Howell Russell Maltz  |  Michael Rouillard  |  Erik Saxon Kate Shepherd  |  Howard Smith  |  Tilman Li Trincere  |  Sanford Wurmfeld July 9 - August 13, 2016 (then by appointment only from August 14 - September 5)  Opening: Saturday, July 9, 6-9pm MINUS SPACE is delighted to present the summer group exhibition  On Paper , highlighting several generations of artists innovating at the intersection of reductive abstraction and paper.  The exhibition will feature a single work by seventeen established artis...

New Shows Up or Opening Soon

I have a few shows that are up now or will be opening soon. Please check them out if you happen to be in the area. Details are listed below . . . On view now in Brooklyn, NY . . . Red Ripper , 2015, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 48 inches. An Occasional Dream June 24 - July 31, 2016 Life on Mars, Brooklyn, NY Life on Mars Gallery is pleased to present  An Occasional Dream , our final exhibition celebrating our creative community. This show will feature Life on Mars artists: Todd Bienvenu, Farrell Brickhouse, Mandy Lyn Ford, Brenda Goodman, Arnold Mesches, Fran O’Neill and Karen Schwartz. We have also invited regulars from our artistic community, including Len Bellinger, Paul Behnke, Paul D’Agostino, Daniel John Gadd, Catherine Haggerty, Elisa Jensen, Zachary Keeting, Thomas Micchelli and Dave Pollack. I will also be showing one of my pieces to raise a painterly toast to all that we have accomplished within the Bushwick community and at the gallery....

Arvid Boecker at Stout Projects

Insomnia: New Work by Arvid Boecker July 9 - August 7, 2016 Opening reception: Saturday July 9, 6 - 8 p Insomnia , featuring new work by Heidelberg based painter, Arvid Boecker,continues the artist's current explorations into the possibilities of sophisticated color pairings and the abruptness and reticence of space presented in the context of a minimal architecture. Arvid Boecker  studied art history and economics at the University of Trier. And received a Diploma in Painting from the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken. Artax Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf; Galerie Grashey, Konstanz; Galerie Schütte, Essen; Galerie Drees, Hannover and Galerie p13, Heidelberg, represent Boecker’s work. In addition his work has been has been presented in art fairs including Art Cologne, Kunst Zürich, Art Karlsruhe, Art Frankfurt, Viennafair, Art Fai Düsseldorf, Arte Fiera Bologna, Kunst Wien, Art Bodensee and Art Fair Köln. Boecker’s paintings have bee...

Retrieval of the Beautiful at The Painting Center

Deanna Lee The Retrieval of the Beautiful A group exhibition on view through July 16th. The Painting Center New York, NY info

Final Show: An Occasional Dream at Life on Mars

Farrell Brickhouse It's bittersweet to be included in Life on Mars' final exhibition. Looking forward to a blow out of an opening with friends and peers that I respect and that have done so much to promote the medium we love in the neighborhood we love! From the Press Release: Life on Mars Gallery is pleased to present An Occasional Dream, our final exhibition celebrating our creative community. This show will feature Life on Mars artists: Todd Bienvenu, Farrell Brickhouse, Mandy Lyn Ford, Brenda Goodman, Arnold Mesches, Fran O'Neill and Karen Schwartz. We have also invited regulars from our artistic community, including Len Bellinger, Paul Behnke, Paul D’Agostino, Daniel John Gadd, Catherine Haggerty, Elisa Jensen, Zachary Keeting, Thomas Micchelli and Dave Pollack. I will also be showing one of my pieces to raise a painterly toast to all that we have accomplished within the Bushwick community and at the gallery. Fran O'Neill ...

Jonathan Cowan and Rachael Gorchov at Simuvac Projects

Rachael Gorchov (left) and Jonathan Cowan From the Press Release: “The arithmetical world is there for me only when and so long as I occupy the arithmetical standpoint. But the natural world, the world in the ordinary sense of the word, is constantly there for me, so long as I live naturally and look in its direction.” [1] Simuvac Projects is proud to present the two-person exhibition "Nonspecific Places" featuring the works of Jonathan Cowan and Rachael Gorchov. Their work, exhibited together for the first time, allows viewers to inhabit a removed reality in which the natural world is at the forefront, although often placed at arms length. While Cowan and Gorchov begin with specific places, Cowan painting from photographs of visited locales, and Gorchov working from her  sketches of the lawns, ponds, and plant life of the suburban landscape, ultimately they each remove any specificity through their respective multilayered processes. Cowan’s surfaces straddle ...