Must-Sees

Must See Painting Shows: June

Written by Andrew Katz

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Summer is upon us. As is typical, many galleries around the country are mounting group exhibitions. There are a surprising number of first-rate solo exhibitions on view, many of which stretch into July. I am happy to see more than two-dozen New American Paintings’ alumni in the mix, including Todd Chilton at Feature, Inc. in New York City, who will be the cover artist for Issue #101. In a coast to coast face off of contemporary masters, be sure not to miss Brice Marden’s elegant show at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York and Wayne Thiebaud’s exhibition at John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco. For many, Marden is the greatest living abstractionist and Thiebaud the greatest living painter of objects. New York is a hotbed of well-conceived group exhibitions. Be sure to check out “Twisted Sister” at Dodge Gallery, which is co-curated by art world veteran, Janet Phelps and Gallery Owner, Kristen Dodge. In this raucous exhibition, Phelps brings together thirty outstanding emerging and mid-career female painters, including three of our favorites: Summer Wheat, Allison Schulnik and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung. Up in Chelsea, don’t miss “the Big Picture” at Sikkema, Jenkins & Co., in which, I am happy to see, long-time University of Iowa professor John Dilg is included. Also in Chelsea, “Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday” is yet another solid exhibition that, in one sense, explores the fluidity between painting and other media. Other group shows of note include “Painting in Space” and “Stretching Painting” which are both soon to open at Luhring Augustine and Galerie Lelong, respectively, and “Pothole” at Salon 94 on the Upper East Side. Enjoy the list, and be sure to let us know whom you think we forgot in the comments section. – Steven Zevitas, Editor/Publisher
John Dilg | Wisconsin, oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Arise  featuring Bill Thompson (NAP #7, #44) June 23 – July 28, 2012 Barbara Krakow Gallery Morgan Bulkeley (NAP #26) May 25 – July 10, 2012 Howard Yezerski Gallery
Morgan Bulkeley | Faces in Breeze, oil on canvas, 40 x 48 inches
Steve Locke (NAP #86) May 11 – July 21, 2012 Samson
Steve Locke
Scott Reeder (NAP #95) May 12 – July 28, 2012 Kavi Gupta Heyd Fontenot (NAP #66, #84) May 12 – June 16, 2012 Conduit Gallery Rusty Scruby (NAP #48, #102) June 2 – July 7, 2012 McMurtrey Gallery Impressions featuring Jill Moser (NAP #50) June 1 – July 7, 2012 Wade Wilson Art William Betts (NAP #60, #72, #84, #96) May 12 – June 23, 2012 McClain Gallery Allison Schulnik (NAP #55, #79)      PUBLISHER'S PICK May 26 – July 7, 2012 Mark Moore Gallery
Allison Schulnik | Pink Shells #2, oil on canvas stretched over board, 16 x 20 inches
Collin Chillag (NAP #78, #96) June 9 – July 30, 2012 101 Exhibit Todd Chilton (NAP #101)      PUBLISHER'S PICK May 30 – June 30, 2012 Feature Inc.
Todd Chilton | Split and Quartered, oil paint on linen, 33 x 27 inches
Twisted Sister (Featuring Hannah Barrett (NAP #50, #68, #74), Kim McCarty (NAP #49), Allison Schulnik (NAP #55, #79), Summer Wheat (NAP #98), Molly Zuckerman-Hartung (NAP #95))    PUBLISHER'S PICK May 19 – June 23, 2012 Dodge Gallery Stone Gravy (Featuring Annie Lapin, NAP #91) May 31 – July 7, 2012 Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe
Annie Lapin | Wall Street Extrusion, oil on canvas, 66 x 64 inches
Material Matters (Vadis Turner, NAP #44) June 7 – July 7, 2012 Lyons Wier Gallery The Big Picture (Featuring David Schutter, NAP #59, 65 and John Dilg #11)  PUBLISHER'S PICK June 8 – July 27, 2012 Sikkema Jenkins & Co
John Dilg | Wisconsin, oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches 
Ada Sadler (NAP #49) June 7 – July 7, 2012 Dolby Chadwick Gallery Marc Katano (NAP #25) April 26 – June 30, 2012 Stephen Wirtz Gallery Xiaoze Xie (NAP #44) June 6 – June 30, 2012 Gallery Paule Anglim Patrick Wilson (NAP #73) June 2 – July 14, 2012 Marx & Zavattero
Patrick Wilson | Duet, acrylic on canvas, 49 x 59 inches
Jenene Nagy (NAP #79, #97, #102) June 5 – June 30, 2012 PDX

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

BOSTON: Somewhere In Between June 14 – August 18, 2012 Steven Zevitas Gallery CHICAGO: Brooks Cashbaugh May 12 – July 7, 2012 Peter Miller Gallery Carmen McLeod May 10 – June 22, 2012 Rhona Hoffman Gallery Molly Springfield June 2, 2012 – August 18, 2012 Thomas Robertello Gallery Arturo Herrera      PUBLISHER'S PICK May 10 – June 23, 2012 Corbett vs. Dempsey
Arturo Herrera | Detail from Chicago, collage and mixed media on paper
Jon Pestoni April 29 – June 10, 2012 Shane Campbell Gallery DALLAS/HOUSTON: Jason Yates May12 June 30, 2012 Barbara Davis Gallery David Aylsworth     PUBLISHER'S PICK May 25 – July 7, 2012 Inman Gallery
David Aylsworth | Moliere and Keats Enraged and Engaged in a Row, oil on canvas, 60 x 98 inches
LOS ANGELES: Brian Sharp     PUBLISHER'S PICK Justin Beal June 9 – July 7, 2012 ACME
Brian Sharp
Robert Overby April 28 – June 16, 2012 Marc Selwyn Fine Art John McAllister        PUBLISHER'S PICK May 12 – June 16, 2012 Richard Telles Fine Art
John McAllister | When Glimmering Light Washed, oil on canvas, 35 x 29 inches
Scott Olson     PUBLISHER'S PICK May 27 – July 7, 2012 Overduin and Kite Zhu Jinshi June 1 – July 7, 2012 Blum and Poe Will Fowler May 19 – June 30, 2012 David Kordansky Gallery
Will Fowler | Comet, acrylic on canvas, 65 x 78 inches
Karl Haendel       PUBLISHER'S PICK May 26 – June 28, 2012 Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Karl Haendel | Scheme (Football #5), pencil on paper, 81 x 103 inches
Brian Porray May 19 – June 23, 2012 Western Project David O’Brien May 12 – June 16, 2012 Richard Heller Gallery MIAMI: Jose Bedia May 31 – June 20, 2012 Fredric Snitzer Galery NEW YORK: Julia Rommel Through June 10, 2012 Bureau Gallery Xylor Jane    PUBLISHER'S PICK May 6 – June 10, 2012 Canada Michael Delucia April 29 – June 15, 2012 Eleven Rivington Noam Rappaport May 2 – June 10, 2012 James Fuentes Ned Vena     PUBLISHER'S PICK April 28 – June 16, 2012 Clifton Benevento Jack Vickridge and Lizzie Wright June 8 – August 3, 2012 Nicelle Beauchene Larry Rivers April 26 – June 15, 2012 Tibor de Nagy Lucian Freud May 1 – June 9, 2012 Acquavella Galleries Sam Falls      PUBLISHER'S PICK May 10 – June 24, 2012 American Contemporary David Malek June 1 – July 8, 2012 Golden Michael Berryhill May 17 – June 23, 2012 Kansas Pothole June 6 – July 6, 2012 Salon 94 Neil Gall May 2 – June 23, 2012 David Nolan Gallery
Neil Gall | On the Beach, oil on linen, 76 1/8 x 97 ¾ inches
Kehinde Wiley May 6 – June 16, 2012 Sean Kelly Gallery Evan Hecox May 24 – June 23, 2012 Joshua Liner Gallery Andre Ethier Michelle Segre June 1 – June 30, 2012 Derek Eller Gallery Shay Kun April 26 – June 9, 2012 Benrimon Contemporary Helen Verhoeven May 11 – June 23, 2012 Wallspace Cadmus, Steers, Warhol      PUBLISHER'S PICK June 8 – July 20, 2012 Alexander Gray Associates
Hugh Steers | Hospital Bed, oil on canvas, 64.25 x 65 inches
Syd Mead May 11 – June 30, 2012 Bravin Lee Programs
Syd Mead | Difinitiv – Day View, gouache on board, 20 x 30 inches
Stretching Painting June 21 – August 3, 2012 Galerie Lelong Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday (including Tony Feher)   PUBLISHER'S PICK June 1 – July 27, 2012 James Cohan Gallery
Tony Feher | Painting, oil stain on plywood, 17 3/8 x 11 5/8
Billy Sullivan May 8 – June 16, 2012 Nicole Klagsbrun Jake Berthot July 5 – August 10, 2012 Betty Cunningham Gallery Chantal Joffe May 4 – June 22, 2012 Cheim & Read
Chantal Joffe | Blonde Wearing a Lace Collar, oil on board, 72 1/8 x 47 7/8 inches
Jill Moser        PUBLISHER'S PICK April 19 – June 9, 2012 Lennon, Weinberg, Inc. Brice Marden       PUBLISHER'S PICK April 21 – June 23, 2012 Matthew Marks Tom McGrath      PUBLISHER'S PICK April 29 – June 10, 2012 Sue Scott Gallery Painting in Space          PUBLISHER'S PICK June 22 – August 17, 2012 Luhring Augustine Nicole Eisenman May 24 – June 30, 2012 Leo Koenig, Inc.
Nicole Eisenman | Untitled, monotype on paper, 23 x 17 ½ inches
Cheyney Thompson May 19 – June 23, 2012 Andrew Kreps Gallery Richard Prince         PUBLISHER'S PICK May 18 – June 22, 2012 303 Gallery
Richard Prince, Untitled, rubber band, staples and acrylic on paper, 25 x 22 7/8 inches
Selma Parlour Yelena Popova June 14 – Jul 14, 2012 Horton Gallery Dana Schutz       PUBLISHER'S PICK May 2 – June 16, 2012 Friedrich Petzel Gallery Lasrissa Bates April 28 – June 16, 2012 Monya Rowe Gallery Florian Schmidt May 4 – June 16, 2012 Zach Feuer Teun Hocks May 24 – June 23, 2012 P.P.O.W. Jutta Koether May – June 2012 Bortolami
Jutta Koether | Fall, oil on canvas, 63 x 86 inches
Yan Pei-Ming Alice Neel May 4 – June 23, 2012 David Zwirner PHILADELPHIA/DC: Gene Davis May 5 – June 30, 2012 Marsha Mateyka Gallery William Willis Steven Cushner June 8 – July 28, 2012 Hemphill Fine Arts Lighten Up June 9 – July 28, 2012 Gallery Joe Marcia Hafif Through Jun 30, 2012 Larry Becker Contemporary Art Allen Bentley May 30 – June 30, 2012 Bridgette Mayer Gallery Painting Bitten by Man June 1 – July 1, 2012 Vox Populi SAN FRANCISCO: Adam Fowler May 3 – June 30, 2012 Brian Gross Fine Art Tucker Nichols June 22 – August 4, 2012 Gallery 16 Barbara Takenaga May 3 – June 23, 2012 Gregory Lind Gallery Yigal Ozeri     PUBLISHER'S PICK May 10 – June 30, 2012 Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Yigal Ozeri | Untitled; Megan in the Park, oil on paper, 42 x 60 inches
Wayne Thiebaud      PUBLISHER'S PICK May 23 – July 7, 2012 John Berggruen Gallery
Wayne Thiebaud | Various Cakes, oil on canvas, 25 x 23 inches
Heiko Muller May 10 – June 16, 2012 Jack Fisher Gallery Immaterial June 7 – July 12, 2012 Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art Mitzi Pederson April 27 = June 16, 2012 Ratio 3 Dashiell Manley June 22 – July 28, 2012 Silverman Jennie Ottinger May 10 – June 16, 2012 Johansson Projects
Jennie Ottinger | Rows and Rows on Children, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
SANTA FE: Joan Watts June 1 – June 30, 2012 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art Pard Morrison Sam Reveles May 18 – June 23, 2012 James Kelly Contemporary SEATTLE/PORTLAND: Squeak Carnwath June 7 – July 7, 2012 James Harris Gallery Robert McCauley June 7 – June 30, 2012 Linda Hodges Gallery John Randall Nelson May 17 – June 30, 2012 Grover Thurston Gallery Ryan Pierce May 3 – June 23, 2012 Elizabeth Leach Gallery
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