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September 13, 2011, 9:30am

Wild Beasts at Champion Contemporary

An oasis of kicked-up color blooms in the Hill Country, focused in the Wild Beasts exhibition at Champion Contemporary. While New York City's museums have, of late, treated "painterly" and "young" as extreme opposites — the recently closed video-imbued exhibitions by Cory Arcangel (Pro Tools at the Whitney) and Ryan Trecartin (Any Ever at PS1) come to mind — some of the city's talent prove otherwise.

Listed under: Austin, New York, Review, Sneak Peeks

Tagged as: Brian Fee, Champion Contemporary, Cory Arcangel, Daniel Heidkamp, Ezra Johnson, Joshua Abelow, Ryan Schneider, Ryan Trecartin, Schneider, Shara Hughes, Sonia Dutton

September 09, 2011, 9:30am

The Atmosphere of Painted Spaces: Sarah Awad and Storm Tharp

Playful demystification inhabits the center of Los Angeles artist Sarah Awad’s Instruments of Culture at Seattle’s James Harris Gallery, a series of large, densely painted canvases depicting the statuary and halls of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Layered with oil to the point that marble sculptures become ghostlike and courtyards become abstracted spaces of color blocks and sketched lines, this series of work accentuates the absurdities of the object display that represents standard practice in museums.

Listed under: Review, Seattle

Tagged as: Awad, Erin Langner, James Harris Gallery, painting, Sarah Awad, Storm Tharp, Tharp

September 07, 2011, 9:30am

Fabrications with Jen Pack (NAP #73)

Jen Pack (NAP #73) deconstructs, reconstructs, sews, and stretches fabric onto frames and into large masses in a way that creates something at once familiar and yet also new. Her works resonate with viewers and remind them of a variety of other arts and images, creating a kind of cyclical “trialogue” – a dialogue between artist, art, viewer, and back.

From her nuanced and detailed stretched chiffon pieces to her large installation work with kite-like nylon, Pack’s work is both moving and provoking, aesthetically and mentally. – Ellen Caldwell, LA Contributor

Listed under: In the Studio

Tagged as: 73, Ellen C. Caldwell, Ellen Caldwell, jen pack, Los Angeles, NAP, NAP 73, pack, Q&A, studio

September 02, 2011, 10:00am

Northeast Deadline Extension

Listed under: Competitions

Tagged as: Boston, competition, competitions, Deitsch, Dina Deitsch, Entries, NAP, New York, Northeast

September 01, 2011, 10:00am

Must-See Paintings Show: September

The art world comes alive again in September, as galleries reopen and collectors return from far flung locations. We reviewed upcoming September exhibitions at more than 400 galleries around the country, and there will be a lot of painting on view.

As is typical, many galleries are bringing out the big guns for the new season - from Agnes Martin at The Pace Gallery in New York to a well structured survey of Bay Area figurative painter, Nathan Oliveira, at John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco. Among the shows opening by emerging artists, it is hard to ignore the trend towards abstract painting that has swept over the art world.

Listed under: Alabama, Dallas, DC, Miami, Must-Sees, Philly, Portland, Santa Fe, Seattle

Tagged as: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Must-See, NAP, New American Paintings, New York, Northeast, Pacific Coast, painting, San Francisco

August 30, 2011, 10:00am

Talking Technology with Bonard Hughins (#94)

In a time when technology is changing and morphing around us so quickly that we are all in a steady state of flux and perpetual catch-up, Bonard Hughins‘ paintings (NAP #94) offer us a respite.

Listed under: Alabama, In the Studio, Q&A

Tagged as: 94, Beta Pictoris, Birmingham, Bonard Hughins, Boutwell Studios, CMYK, Ellen, Ellen C. Caldwell, Ellen Caldwell, Hughins, NAP, NAP #94

August 25, 2011, 10:30am

Piles and Textiles: Studio Visit with Erin Payne

Erin Payne (NAP #93) paints what she terms “piles” – they are piles of jumbled and indefinable fabric and scattered memories. Upon first glance, they reminded me of many fond piles from my own life: blankets abandoned from a childhood fort, wet and sandy towels left at the beach, and the ever-growing laundry that accumulate magically by week’s end. I also saw them as shells of things that once were, but were now abandoned and I was excited to learn more about her process and inspiration. -Ellen C. Caldwell, LA Contributor

Listed under: Los Angeles, MFA, Q&A

Tagged as: Ellen C. Caldwell, Erin Payne, LA, MFA Annual, Payne, Piles

August 23, 2011, 10:55am

“Investment-Quality” Art and Whether We’re All Going to be Poor.

[RE-POST] Art Fag City: Market Analyst Sergey Skaterschikov, on “Investment-Quality” Art
and Whether We’re All Going to be Poor.

Listed under: Art Market, Art World

Tagged as: Art Collecting, Art Fag City, Art.sy, Economy, Greg Allen, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Sergey Skaterschikov, YBA

August 10, 2011, 10:00am

Northeast Competition Deadline

It’s summer, and time once again to apply to our Northeast Competition if you are an artist residing CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, & VT. The deadline is Wednesday, August 31 (Midnight EST)! Apply online!