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August 03, 2021, 3:19pm

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Kimberly Brooks

Written by Michael Wilson

The sky fades from a deep red-brown down to a dusty pink above an indistinct horizon. Mountains slope down to a valley, their surfaces muted shades of orange and ochre marked by patches of more strident mustard yellow and wine red. Areas of dirty blue-green denote a river flowing between them—or perhaps this is nothing more than a mirage, a side effect of the crepuscular light. In the center of the scene, a broad, diagonal stroke in shades of vegetal green sweeps up and to the right before coming to an abrupt halt. Occupied by its own distinct scene, it suggests a portal into another landscape altogether—or perhaps the same site at a different point in time. The mysterious interruption pulls the rug from under the onlooker’s feet, disrupting the comfortable illusion of a single, unified subject and reminding us of the confusions and conflations that painting necessarily entails. We’re looking at something that is at once modest and expansive, materially real and an absolute illusion, figurative and abstract.


Kimberly Brooks, Red Canyon, 2021, oil on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Listed under: NAP News, Spotlight

September 11, 2018, 12:42pm

Then and Now: 10 New American Paintings Alumni Who Became Art Stars

On our 25th anniversary of New American Paintings, we take a look back at some of the NAP artists who have made it big.

 

Amy Sherald
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama
2018
oil on linen
72 x 60 inches

photo courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Listed under: NAP News, Noteworthy

June 27, 2018, 5:21pm

STEVE LOCKE: THREE DELIBERATE GRAYS FOR FREDDIE (A MEMORIAL FOR FREDDIE GRAY)

New American Paintings Alum, Steve Locke (Northeast issue #86), on view at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. 

 
STEVE LOCKE:  Three Deliberate Grays For Freddie (A Memorial for Freddie Gray)
June 26, 2018 - January 21, 2019

 
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade
25 Evans Way
Boston, MA 02115

 

installation view: The Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Steve Locke, Three Deliberate Grays for Freddie (A Memorial for Freddie Gray), June 26, 2018 - January 21, 2019

June 09, 2018, 5:23pm

NAP Artist on View: Sophie Lourdes Knight

New American Paintings alum, Sophie Lourdes Knight (Pacific Coast issue #127), will be featured in the 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018.  

250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018
June 12 - August 19, 2018

 

For more information please visit:

Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House, Piccadilly,
London, W1J 0BD

Sophie Lourdes Knight 
the well
2018
acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
60 x 56 inches

photo courtesy of the artist 

June 07, 2018, 6:19pm

NAP Artist on View: Matthew Cole and Julian Hoeber

New American Paintings alumni, Matthew Cole (current issue: Northeast #134), Julian Hoeber (Pacific Coast #127), on view at NeueHouse ART in a special collaboration with Blum & Poe and Silas von Morisse galleries.  The exhibition is titled Jam Session and includes Frances Barth, Clarina Bezzola, Elvire Bonduelle, Clara Claus, Matthew Cole, Stephen Dean , Anne Deleporte, Julien Gardair, Hyon Gyon, Julian Hoeber, Daniel Horowitz, Gavin Kenyon , Linder, Dave Muller , Miles Pittman , Penny Slinger, Andre Von Morisse, Marjorie Welish, and Justin Williams.  

Jam Session
April 26 - September, 2018

Location:

NeueHouse ART
110 East 25th Street
New York, New York 10010
212 273 0440

Matthew Cole
Hoop Dreams
2017
acrylic on canvas
60 x 71 inches

photo courtesy of Silas von Morisse

June 02, 2018, 4:59pm

NAP Artist on View: Shara Hughes

New American Paintings alum, Shara Hughes (South #58), on view at Dewey Square, as a Greenway Wall Mural, in partnership with the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.    

Carving Out Fresh Options

For more information please visit:

The Greenway
Dewey Square
600 Atlantic Ave
Boston, MA 02210
617 292 0020

installation image: Rose Kennedy Greenway, Shara Hughes, Carving Out Fresh Options, 2018

photo courtesy of Rose Kennedy Greenway 

June 01, 2018, 4:22pm

NAP Artist on View: Jim Richard

New American Paintings alum, Jim Richard (South #106), on view at Inman Gallery.  

I Know a Place  June 1 - July 7, 2018

 

For more information please visit:

Inman Gallery
3901 Main St
Houston, TX 77002
713 526 7800

 

Jim Richard
Art Stroll
2017
flashe on canvas
48.25 x 46.75 inches

photo courtesy of Inman Gallery

May 31, 2018, 5:44pm

NAP Artist on View: Tommy Fitzpatrick

New American Paintings alum, Tommy Fitzpatrick (West #114, #96, #84, #42, #30), on view at Inman Gallery.  

Factual Facts and Actual Facts  June 1 - July 7, 2018

 

For more information please visit:

Inman Gallery
3901 Main St
Houston, TX 77002
713 526 7800

 


Tommy Fitzpatrick                                                 Tommy Fitzpatrick 
Monolith                                                                       Box Frame
2018                                                                          2018
acrylic on canvas over panel                                acrylic on canvas over panel 
72 x 60 inches                                                         48 x 37 inches

photos courtesy of Inman Gallery

May 30, 2018, 10:12am

NAP Artist on View: Deborah Oropallo

New American Paintings alum, Deborah Oropallo (Pacific Coast #115), on view at Catharine Clark Gallery.  

Dark Landscapes For A White House  May 12 - June 16, 2018

 

For more information please visit:

Chatharine Clark Gallery
248 Utah Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415 399 1439

 

Deborah Oropallo
Rising Tide
2018
photomontage, pigment print, paint on paper
50 x 80 inches

photo courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery

May 29, 2018, 2:41pm

NAP Artist on View: Alex Becerra

New American Paintings alum, Alex Becerra (cover artist of Pacific Coast #127) in collaboration with Matthew Clifford Green, on view at Shane Campbell Gallery.  

In Stereo
April 22 - June 7, 2018

 

For more information please visit:

Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
312 226 2223

 

Alex Becerra and Matthew Clifford Green
Nike Shoes
2018
oil on canvas
two elements, 20 x 16 inches each

photo courtesy of Shame Campbell Gallery

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