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October 24, 2011, 8:30am
Cinematic Curiosities: Patte Loper’s Still Point of the Returning World
The small row of Patte Loper’s modest, handcrafted sculptures from new exhibition Still Point of the Returning World discretely lines a pedestal in the back of Seattle’s Platform Gallery. Untitled (Leipzig) resembles an awkward architectural model of stacked boxes, covered by a bulbous sheet; the nearby funnel created from sticks and cardboard strips stands stagnant in space, like a film prop without a set. Within the surrounding paintings, however, these foreign sculptural objects explode into complex cornerstones of the artist’s fantastical, painted environments.
October 21, 2011, 7:53am
Busted Open Abstraction: Fritz Chesnut on Richard Prince
Painter Fritz Chesnut first stumbled across Richard Prince, the artist whose repurposed photographs of cowboys, bikers and open roads made Americana sexier and more sinister, when still an undergraduate in Santa Cruz. “I think I was in the library just combing through books,” he says. “I remember discovering Rauschenberg the same way. Just grabbing this big glossy book and thumbing through it and being completely fascinated.” - Catherine Wagley, LA Contributor
October 20, 2011, 9:00am
Progress Report: Q&A with Kris Chatterson and Vince Contarino
Give it time and the Internet will mobilize for change in just about any arena. So it’s not surprising that artist-run exhibition spaces -- always bastions of change -- are increasingly striving for a stronger online presence, sometimes even eschewing fixed brick-and-mortar locales all together. And it’s not just exhibition spaces.
October 19, 2011, 9:05am
Jay DeFeo at Hosfelt Gallery
In 1959 Jay DeFeo and her then-husband Wally Hedrick received a letter from Bruce Conner, inducting them into the Rat Bastard Protective Association, of which he was the President, and suggesting that they start paying dues. Other original members included Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, and Jess Collins. The group of about eight artists exhibited together in San Francisco throughout the 50s and 60s, meeting every couple of weeks at each other’s apartments and studios. They formed at a time when the Beat artists were gaining prominence in San Francisco, and began to be somewhat of a spectacle.
October 18, 2011, 9:00am
John McAllister at James Fuentes Gallery
In his fourth solo exhibition at James Fuentes Gallery on the Lower East Side, John McAllister (on Curator Anne Ellegood’s list of recommended painters, as seen in NAP #97) presents a series of medium and larger scale paintings that touch on Modernism, Fauvism, Zen, and interior design. The works in Damned Sparkling Pomp vibrate with lush color, swatches of pattern and abbreviated paintings of paintings, a la Matisse. These flatt
October 17, 2011, 10:29am
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage presents Charles Burwell (Video)
I ran into this video interview of Philadelphia's Charles Burwell (NAP #8 and #51) in his studio while researching his work. In 2008 the Pew Fellowship granted Burwell a fellowship for his paintings that are "..large scale formally rigorous and visually stimulating." All true.
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/10412563 w=400&h=225]
October 14, 2011, 8:00am
Iona Rozeal Brown and 30 Americans at Corcoran
Over New American Paintings’ history we have reviewed the work of tens of thousands of artists. For those with a keen interest in contemporary painting, the publication has had an incredible track record of featuring artists that have gone on to gain significant attention. Iona Rozeal Brown is one such artist. She was featured in our 2002 MFA Annual when she had just graduated from the Yale School of Art.
October 13, 2011, 9:00am
Heart to Art: Jill Schroeder of grayDUCK Gallery
When I relocated to Austin from New York City this summer, I became inextricably attracted to grayDUCK Gallery and its consummate Austin vibe. Its location south of Town Lake puts the gallery in walking distance from "Keep Austin Weird" South Congress, and it shares a Zip Code with Torchy's Tacos and indie record store End of an Ear — i.e. Austin all the way. Then there is grayDUCK's rigorous monthly exhibition schedule and its strong roster of local artists. I met with Jill Schroeder, owner and director of grayDUCK, to discuss the gallery's unique presence and her goals for the future. — Brian Fee, Austin Contributor
October 12, 2011, 2:41pm
Deconstructing Nature at Hunterdon Art Museum
If you're in Jersey in the next few months, check out a show curated by our friend, Jonathon Greene, Director of Exhibitions, at the Hunterdon Art Museum. It features past New American Paintings artists Chris Ballantyne (NAP #76 and 2002 MFA Annual), Gregory Euclide (NAP #53, 71, 83), and Dean Monogenis (NAP #80).
October 11, 2011, 9:00am
Building a Form for Space: Dirk Park Discusses Prole Drift Gallery
Prole Drift stands within an older mixed-use building, angled between the top and bottom of a steep hill in Seattle’s International District. Much in the same way its name references a connection between the upper and the working classes, Dirk Park’s new venue inhabits a space of intersection somewhere between a traditional gallery, a studio and an open place for artistic experimentation.
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