anaba

shows to see

2012-01-21T23:00:00.007-05:00

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a list to myself and the world

LES-
gerald ferguson @ canada
nicholas buffon @ callicoon
trevor shimizu @ 47 canal
letha wilson + @ toomer labza
meghan petras @ blackston (WITH jeffrey scott matthews, more)

UES -
lee bontecou @ freedmanart
alfred jensen @ pace 57th
sarah mceneaney @ tibor de nagy

Midtown-
forrest bess @ christies (3/1)

BROOKLYN -
rick briggs + adam simon @ valentine
carrie pollack @ minus space
bromirski/labine/riley @ storefront bushwick (2/10)
katharine bradford/ej hauser/tamara gonzalez/lauren luloff/joanne greenbaum @ journal gallery

SOHO-
hugh scott douglas @ clifton benevento
b wurtz/fabienne lasserre/elisa lendvay/john newman @ kansas
meghan petras/maria walker/james hyde + @ bull and ram

West SOHO(?)-
george ortman @ algus greenspon

CHELSEA -
lee krasner @ robert miller
joyce pensato @ petzel
smith-stewart show @ c24
andrew lenaghan @ geo. adams
arlene shechet @ jack shainman
jason fox @ peter blum
lori ellison @ mckenzie
chris martin @ mitchell innes & nash
david kennedy cutler @ derek eller
kim maconnell @ salomon
sergej jensen @ anton kern
hugh scott douglas + @ wallspace

ALBANY
material occupation @ suny albany (2/7)

BALTIMORE
gina beavers @ nudashank (2/11)

(biggest bummer - missing edwin dickinson at babcock! closes 1/27)

plz suggest others...

boats and trolleys

2012-01-15T23:42:00.003-05:00

Nice paintings at an antiques/junk shop in Istanbul.

boats and trolleys... Istanbul scenes, maybe for tourists? but still really good... there is a famous trolley in Istanbul.

oh i am just noticing that nice sile bezi fabric it is on...

the paintings were throughout the shop - lots of other art/treasures/junk too... but it was easy to identify these as all being by the same artist.

i pulled them out from wherever and propped them for most of these photos.

the shopkeeper. he couldn't speak english but we were able to communicate enough to know that he is a musician and doesn't have any idea who the artist is.

only one of them is signed and dated but we could not read the signature.

Somebody tell Orhan Pahmuk.

carpets

2012-01-09T16:54:00.001-05:00

Carpets, at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, in Istanbul.

more of my Istanbul photos here.

ragged....

Favorites 2011

2012-01-01T14:24:00.001-05:00

Hagia Sophia - I was in Istanbul for six weeks!!! courtesy of Jasmine Justice and Jesse Farber.

Meridith Pingree, Magic Curtain, at Freight and Volume.

Joshua Abelow's Art Blog Art Blog - Ross Bleckner let Josh have his NYC studio for six months, Josh let people curate shows.... he hosted nine two-week shows and a one-night Bro-Out. Thanks Josh!

Best Shows Not Seen By Me - Gina Beavers one-night show at PACS.... as seen by Andrew Russeth, and Lori Ellison + Lawrence Swan at Valentine.... as seen by James Kalm. Regretfully missed both.... BUT - Gina is having a solo at Nudashank opening in February! - and Lori is having a solo at McKenzie opening THIS THURSDAY 1/5.

Sharon Butler's New Casualist article - it is nice to be noticed. Thanks!

water delivery on buyukada

Meridith Pingree

2011-12-26T16:19:00.003-05:00

Meridith Pingree, Magic Curtain (2011), at Freight + Volume 7/2011

I'm making a short list of 2011 favorites and top of the list is Meridith's Magic Curtain, but I saw it the day before I went to Istanbul and never posted it, so... HERE IT IS!!

strings of sparkly beads... insanely labor-intensive... together the strings creating a pattern - but a shifting pattern - as the individual 'wipers' slowly rotate, lifting/dropping sections of bike chain, which lift and lower the strings of beads... slo-mo curtain raise and drop, like an ocean swell.

ethereal

Meridith Pingree

... as seen on James Kalm!

KITTY!

2011-12-02T02:00:00.004-05:00

Walter Robinson, Kitty, 1982... an edition of 900 and STILL available, only $30!! He mentions it in this COLAB article.

GREAT X-MAS GIFT!

and/or get some newer editioned treasures from Daily Operation art-stars of today and tomorrow...

OR wow how about this Mike Hein in the Flux Factory auction?

I WISH I HAD SOME CA$$$$H!

Jamison Brosseau

2011-11-23T16:32:00.001-05:00

Jamison Brosseau Studio

UPDATE!
- Jamison Brosseau currently included in Matthew Fisher's The Unfunny Show, at Small Black Door.... lots of pics and info on Two Coats of Paint.
- Jamison Brosseau bargains available from Daily Operation.

Mister

Jamison Brosseau

Tamara Zahaykevich

2011-11-17T15:54:00.001-05:00

Tamara Zahaykevich, Hey Harmonica!, at Kansas. Closed 10/29.

Tamara Zahaykevich

at Kansas

Corin Hewitt

2011-11-12T16:00:00.002-05:00

Corin Hewitt, at Laurel Gitlen, through 12/22.

Corin Hewitt

wow here is an anaba mention of corin from 2005... back when i actually wrote things and before i had a camera.

corin showing with laurel g. upstate 2009

Richard Prince

2011-11-09T00:40:00.001-05:00

look what i got!

From None, The Paris Review, Spring-Summer 1978. Signed!

Eleven Conversations, in Tracks, Fall 1976. Signed!

... he said he didn't think he'd ever signed these before.

Terry Richardson photographing Richard Prince with son (stepson) Graham.

at John McWhinnie at Glenn Horowitz

Richard Prince and Terry Richardson.

UPDATE 1/7/2012 - John McWhinnie passed away this weekend... too young.

The Death Of Affect

2011-11-07T20:21:00.006-05:00

Gina Beavers

The Death Of Affect, co-curated by Fran Holstrom and Jeffrey Scott Mathews, at Art Blog Art Blog.

Fran Holstrom with a second Gina Beavers painting.

GINA BEAVERS SOLO SHOW AT NUDASHANK IN FEBRUARY!

Letha Wilson... another super-star.

surprise!

2011-11-06T18:00:00.002-05:00

BOO it's anaba

HERE'S BRO BRO!

2011-10-18T13:39:00.004-04:00

I'm having a one-night show Saturday 10/29 6-9pm at ART BLOG ART BLOG... the space Joshua Abelow has been running all summer... this is the final show in the space and is gonna be a party/show... please come by!

Art Blog Art Blog
508 W. 26th Street, 11th Floor
Saturday 10/29 6-9pm
FREE BEER!

facebook event page

Lance Rautzhan

2011-10-10T14:30:00.003-04:00

Lance Rautzhan

These paintings are insane and awesome.

Lance Rautzhan, in artless, at Sacred Gallery, on anaba 6/18/2010.
Lance Rautzhan, at the coffee shop formerly known as Archive, on anaba 5/26/2009.

bizarro. garish. CAUSTIC.

Lance Rautzhan

Ry Rocklen

2011-10-05T18:50:00.005-04:00

Ry Rocklen, at Untitled, through 10/16.

socks of ry rocklen

you take off your shoes and walk on the platform of re-purposed thrift store paintings.

rocklen!

umbrella with charms

Nicola Tyson

2011-09-28T18:00:00.000-04:00

Nicola Tyson, at Friedrich Petzel, through 11/5.

Rebecca Goyette and Bryan Zanisnik!

Nicola Tyson

Ronnie Landfield

2011-09-24T21:33:00.000-04:00

Ronnie Landfield, at Stephen Haller Gallery.

Ronnie Landfield

RELATED: Larry Zox at Stephen Haller, on anaba 4/7/08.

Nathan Dilworth

2011-09-21T00:38:00.002-04:00

Nathan Dilworth, Look For Small Recorders, at F18.

LAST DAY 10/1.

Nathan

F18 guy.... someone tell me his name again please.

UPDATE: Tim Donovan!!

Nathan Dilworth

AS SEEN ON ART BLOG ART BLOG!

Lisa Beck

2011-09-17T20:04:00.002-04:00

Lisa Beck, at Feature.

Her installation is in the front lobby space... good show of 'NON-OBJECTIVE' work inside.

I saw some interesting recent images of her installations at Theodore Art and Lisa Ruyter's gallery in Germany or somewhere (both collaborations?), so it was cool to see this one for real.

UPDATE: i got fact checked... Lisa's gallery is in VIENNA. thanks!

Lisa Beck

Magic Hand!

2011-09-14T17:35:00.002-04:00

Magic Hand!, curated by Joshua Abelow, at Art Blog Art Blog. Last day is this Saturday 9/17.

(above l-r Ross Bleckner, Jonathan Allmaier, Cheryl Donegan)

Jonathan Allmaier Breakout Star

Ross Bleckner - the Ross B. paintings are older... from the early 80's if not earlier... he was already well-known at this point and these smaller pieces were done privately and never(?) exhibited.

Ross Bleckner

Jonathan Allmaier

Art Blog Art Blog!

- Art Blog Art Blog reviewed in The Brooklyn Rail.
- Nudashank at Art Blog Art Blog, on anaba 6/14/2011
- Abelow at James Fuentes, on anaba 2/1/2011

Joanne Greenbaum - she is showing her ceramics too!

paintings

2011-08-04T19:35:00.001-04:00

(this is the one that was pictured in the New Casualists article)

Martin Bromirski

i am in Istanbul until 9/7th... gonna leave these up for a while. sorry my blog got so boring!

Jon Elliott

2011-07-24T12:04:00.004-04:00

Jon Elliott, Documenting the Space Between, 2010

Jon Elliott

The Approach, 2011 - many small canvases, some hazy landscapes and some monochromes... when i first saw this through the viewfinder it looked like a reverse flag.

but now i am thinking of arrangement in grey and black.

each painting on the wall is numbered...

figure with binoculars in landscape....

this and the first painting pictured are not part of the large arrangement, they are individual works.

studio audience

Leon Kossoff

2011-07-22T22:29:00.003-04:00

Leon Kossoff, at Mitchell Innes and Nash

i'm way way behind with the stuff i wanted to blog, and am leaving for six weeks in istanbul on wednesday, so i'm gonna try to catch-up with as much as i can in the next few days.

Charlie Finch on Leon Kossoff
Franklin Einspruch on Leon Kossoff

Later in the day after seeing this show I was taking the elevator up to Nudashank's show at Art Blog Art Blog and started talking to a woman - who was carrying the Leon Kossof announcement - about what a great show it was... she said when she was younger she was a huge Kossoff fan... before we said goodbye I learned she was the artist Jess Fuller.

Joyce Robins

2011-07-09T04:00:00.004-04:00

Joyce Robins, at John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY, through 7/17.

watch - and listen to - this short video of an installation she did in the 90's... really good.

Joyce Robins

Harry Roseman. Nice to meet him after spending a lot of time on his website.

Joyce Robins and Harry Roseman show reviewed in The Brooklyn Rail, 2006.

shoes of art stars. many art stars at this opening.

qualities of a good scholar's rock - grotesque, corruscated, pockmarked, elaborated, over-elaborated, animated, awkward, top heavy, wrinkling (texture), moistness (tactile and glossy), resonance.

Richmond Scholar's Rock.

Joyce Robins, at John Davis Gallery, Hudson NY, through 7/17.

New Casualists

2011-07-04T11:24:00.000-04:00

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hey i did not 'officially' post this article yet -

Abstract Painting: The New Casualists, by Sharon Butler, in The Brooklyn Rail.... or read it on Sharon's site because there are some good comments.

AND she made a follow-up post responding to all the feedback she's received. Someone actually wrote a letter to The Brooklyn Rail complaining I was included (!)... haha wow.

Anyone interested in Sharon's article, or Raphael Rubinstein's 2009 Provisional Painting article, might enjoy reading this 2006 Vittorio Colaizzi review of a show I had in Richmond -

"Emptiness and lack become activist refusal. This is not mannered 'bad painting', but a genuine absence of professional finesse, a subversion of the handsome, assured, and reassuring qualities of today's more manageable abstract painting"

PS- I looked at PaintersNYC to see which artists mentioned in the New Casualist article had been discussed on PaintersNYC, and what was said.... love to go back and look at that blog.

11/07/2005 Lauren Luloff
4/22/2006 Rob Nadeau
8/15/2006 Martin Bromirski
12/12/2006 Chris Martin
01/03/2007 Rebecca Morris
03/28/2007 Jered Sprecher
05/01/2008 Thomas Nozkowski

Rosanna Bruno

2011-07-01T08:00:00.004-04:00

Rosanna Bruno, at Edward Thorp, through 7/29.

Rosanna Bruno

Susan Scott

2011-06-27T23:40:00.000-04:00

Susan Scott, at John Davis Gallery.

Recently saw photos of her show at Heskin earlier this year... looked so good I was bummed I missed that... made a mission of seeing this show!!

not disappointed!!

Susan Scott, at John Davis Gallery, through 7/17.

Don Voisine

2011-06-26T20:07:00.000-04:00

Don Voisine, at McKenzie Fine Art.

Don Voisine, at McKenzie Fine Art.

Alan Shields

2011-06-25T14:18:00.000-04:00

Alan Shields, at Greenberg Van Doren.

Dance Bag, 1985

I've been loving his work since first seeing it in the High Times, Hard Times show at the Weatherspoon.

1984

detail

1980-81

He was into Buckminster Fuller's dome-style architecture and was imagining work built for future geodesic dome houses, spaces without conventional flat walls.

reverse

1971-73, cylinder... hangs by a center cable, slowly rotates

beads paint thread cloth

Alan Shields.

Totally primed me for loving Lauren Luloff

Meridith Pingree

2011-06-22T00:55:00.001-04:00

Meridith Pingree

Meridith Pingree is included in a show opening THIS THURSDAY 6/23 at F+V.

Meridith Pingree Studio

Meridith Pingree

Her kinetic sculptures are fantastic... this show will include a new one called Magic Curtain.

Meridith Pingree

NOBODY ELSE IS DOING THIS FREAKY STUFF. she is seriously under-the-radar.

Meridith Pingree

Art 101

2011-06-20T21:55:00.002-04:00

Lacey Fekishazy

Fekishazy + Feldman + Mahler, at Art 101, through 7/3.

Fekishazy

Matthew Mahler

Amy Feldman

so New Casualist!

Ellen Rand. Art 101 is her space.

Mary Weatherford

2011-06-18T14:47:00.001-04:00

Mary Weatherford

Mary Weatherford, at Brennan & Griffin... LAST DAY IS TOMORROW 6/19.

Cave at Pismo. This is the space where Rental used to be.

She also has a piece in the big Harris Lieberman painting show... looks great in the corner between a Carrie Moyer and a Laura Owens... but these are newer bigger and better.

detail. they are all Flashe on canvas.

Mary Weatherford

Todd Kelly

2011-06-16T00:01:00.000-04:00

Todd Kelly

Todd Kelly, Signature Paintings, at Asya Geisberg.

He had a bunch of fun paintings in Eric Doeringer's show at Camel... they all utilized his name... as do most (all?) of these.

Todd Kelly.

detail. detail. detail.

Todd Kelly MERGE

LAST day is THIS Saturday 6/18.

NUDASHANK, at Art Blog Art Blog

2011-06-14T00:12:00.003-04:00

Maria Walker

Nudashank, at Art Blog Art Blog... Wed-Sat Noon-6PM... last day is this Saturday!!

Seth Adelsberger and Paul Wackers

Ted Gahl

Ken Weathersby

Maria Walker

The Artist Pat Berran!!!

berranimal

Alex Ebstein

who is this artist??? two strange and wonderful pieces side-by-side.

UPDATE: Sam Falls!!

Aw Shucks Abelow.

Abelow is Art Blog Art Blog!!!

Kadar Brock

Meridith Pingree

Meridith has a fantastic piece in a show opening at F+V 6/23.

Simon Cerigo

Maria Walker again... i love her DEAL WITH it!

Salvatore Scarpitta

2011-06-12T21:50:00.003-04:00

Salvatore Scarpitta, at Marianne Boesky, through 6/18.

sleds

Over There, Over Here

self-portrait. see my 10/2007 post for more info on the great scarpitta.

he built and raced cars, and exhibited them

SCARPITTA!

Art Book Club Presents

2011-06-11T00:10:00.010-04:00

Art Book Club Presents at St. Cecilia's!!

Three floors with three shows... curated by Fran Holstrom, Saira McLaren, and Carolyn Salas.

shopkeeper Diamond D and Rob "The Incredible" Hult.

plus a fun fun shop full of cool stuff - Denise Kupferschmidt and Gina Beavers collaborated on a painting that was half Blade Runner door and half a door from Wall Street (Gina had previously shown a full-scale Blade Runner door in Lizzie Wright's show here)... Jeffrey Tranchell carved a chess set... everything was for $ale cheap!

Carrie Pollack SHOP MERGE

Inna Babaeva

Stacy Fisher

Saira McLaren and friends...

Jonathan Allmaier

Mike Hein! photo by Kai Vierstra

Mike Hein, Gina Beavers, and Elisa Lendvay were my favorites? There was so much good art.

Gina Beavers. She had like four good paintings at least, plus the piece with Denise in the shop.

Fawn Krieger and Jorg Jakoby

Jennifer Cohen. She had a very good 2008 show at Rachel Uffner.

Jennifer Cohen

Lauren Luloff

GO TO THE MIXER AND ARTIST TALKS TODAY 6/11 4-7pm!!!

Purple Nurple

2011-06-08T22:48:00.002-04:00

Elisa Lendvay and Brooke Moyse

PURPLE NURPLE!!!

who is this artist? i can't remember his name. and he has a show coming up somewhere cool but i can't remember that either.

UPDATE! - his name is Andy Cross... four paintings are in a show that just opened at Peter Blum.

Jonathan Allmaier + Maria Walker

Elisa Lendvay - i am starting to really get into her work... she has some freaky pieces in the show at St. Cecilia's too.

Joe Ballweg

Kimber Smith

2011-06-08T00:58:00.001-04:00

The Magic Flute, 1977

Kimber Smith, at James Graham, closes 6/30.

KS

Carnival, 1974

Raphael Rubinstein on Kimber Smith.
Kimber Smith 1981 NYTimes obit.

St Cecilia's THIS FRIDAY 6/3

2011-05-30T21:12:00.001-04:00

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THREE SHOWS opening THIS FRIDAY 6/3 at St. Cecilia's

Improbable Self: Notes From the Void, curated by Fran Holstrom

Inna Babaeva, Martin Bromirski, Catherine Czacki, JJ Garfinkel, Nathan Gwynne, Jason Hoelscher, JR Larson, Frank Lentini, Christina Leung, David Malek, Jeffrey Scott Mathews, Japeth Mennes, Oliver Michaels, Matt Miller, John L. Moore, Meghan Petras, Sasha Rudensky, Carolyn Salas, David Scanavino.

Black Sunday, curated by Saira McLaren

Gina Beavers, Jaime Gecker, Mike Hein, Fran Holstrom, John Jodzio, Ryan Kitson, Elisa Lendvay, Cindy Stockton Moore, Brad Phillips, Mitchell Wright and Jeff Williams.

Cowboy Mouth, curated by Carolyn Salas

Brent Birnbaum, Jonathan Butt, Jennifer Cohen, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Fawn Krieger, and Adam Parker Smith.

St. Cecilia's
21 Monitor St. Brooklyn, NY
Opening Friday, June 3rd, 7-10

Patrick Keesey

2011-05-15T12:20:00.002-04:00

Patrick Keesey, at Blackston.

TODAY is the last day!... right down the street from Klaus, one street over from Orchard... nice cluster of good galleries.

Patrick Keesey. This place always has good stuff... Julia Dault, Rachel Beach, Justin Adian, Ibin Vallen, MORE.

i want to have a show in that weirdo little meat-locker room in the back.

David Scanavino

2011-05-11T22:28:00.002-04:00

David Scanavino, at Klaus Von Nichtssagend... through 5/22.

three equal volume cast triangles, splayed at different angles... stacked... unified by a rope imprint column.

rosy insulation foam-lined interior

he makes me think of early James Wines... the architecural/social... before he started the SITE projects.

David Scanavino

flickr due

2011-05-10T07:42:00.004-04:00

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my flickr account is about to expire. it costs me $25/year... how about some NEW people hit the anaba donate button this year? any amount... even a dollar would be great if twenty people did it.

PAGES of artist sets!!
abstract painting set!!
anaba paparazzi!!

More than 8,000 mostly art photos, almost all in sets... 1,097,697 views... it's the #1 flickr site for ART!

(scroll down sidebar at right for donate button)

THANKS!!!

Michael Mahalchick

2011-05-09T00:40:00.001-04:00

Michael Mahalchick, at Museum 52, through 5/12.

Michael Mahalchick

Naoto Nakagawa

2011-05-08T16:38:00.000-04:00

Naoto Nakagawa, at Feature, through 5/15.

detail

Naoto Nakagawa

Rochelle Feinstein

2011-05-04T22:50:00.003-04:00

Rochelle Feinstein, The Estate of Rochelle F., at On Stellar Rays

this one is made from the packaging of a birthday present, and the birthday present.

everything in the show is made from stuff that was already laying around in the studio.

the present was a photo from Rachel Harrison

Rochelle F., with Candice Madey

stuffed smile face bag (here).

Rochelle Feinstein

4/29

2011-04-25T00:00:00.005-04:00

Beach On The Moon, at WildLife

small.black.show, at Small Black Door

event page!
event page!

Station Master

2011-04-20T13:34:00.007-04:00

at the station

shows to see

2011-04-08T22:45:00.004-04:00

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FIRST SCREENING of Rebecca Goyette's new video, starring herself and Duke Riley... I saw an early edit of this it's bizarre absurd hot desperate and SICK!! Duke Riley is an even bigger nasty dirty perv than Goyette! April 13th, 7pm, at Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen Street (Brooklyn). XXX.

Under Destruction at the Swiss Institute, through 6/4, curated by Gianni Jetzer and Chris Sharp... looks good but they forgot Kai Vierstra in this show he'da been perfect.

MORE current and upcoming -

Cheryl Donegan + Tom Meacham at Nicelle Beauchene
David Scanavino at Klaus von Nichtssagend
Stacy Fisher at Cleopatra's (thru 4/24)
Joachim "YoYo" Friedrich at Second Guest
Group show at Queens Museum with many favorite artists... Lauren L, Bryan Z, Agathe S, Barb C... and MORE.

Nari Ward

2011-04-08T02:45:00.009-04:00

Nari Ward

Nari Ward, at MASS MoCA

Sprague Electronics things

Nari Ward, with Sylvia Chivaratanond and Philippe Vergne.

Old smokestack from the original factory used as the base.

Everything gets re-used and recycled at this museum; things from the factory and town end up in the art, things from one artist's exhibition get repurposed for another exhibition (Jenny Holzer's window blockers become masking for Katharina Grosse, Christoph Buchel's abandoned theatre seating gets used to view Guy Ben-Ner work). Many of the current guards and attendants are former factory employees.

This place is a treasure.

Nari Ward at MASS MoCA

shopping

2011-04-05T03:25:00.007-04:00

something damaged. i have no idea what it was in the first place.

nobody knows what these are.

MASSIVE. it's old.

mystery artist, War Memorial, Artist's Proof. I can't make out the signature... Brian Someone... click to see it bigger.

Richard Prince B.C.

2011-03-28T03:45:00.002-04:00

Richard Prince does NOT want anybody

to see these.

LOL Surveillance

vagina gumtata

2011-03-25T15:20:00.005-04:00

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kind of pathetic to see people getting ridiculously outraged over who was excluded sixty years ago while in the HERE AND NOW fawning over JS, who has written 18 single artist reviews/features on contemporary artists in the past two+ years, with only three of them on women (two on the same woman, abramovic).

marclay, marclay, baldessari, colen, abramovic, dumas, abramovic, powhida, tillmans, sehgal, orozco, koons, richter, fischer, riley, ray, abdessemed, kawara

and guess what i take full credit for the dumas review even happening.

Darkness Falls Upon Us

2011-03-18T22:20:00.001-04:00

Darkness Falls Upon Us
curated by Timothy Buckwalter
at NIAD
April 4 - June 3, 2011
Reception: Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 2-5pm

551 23rd Street
Richmond CA

paintings

2011-03-06T18:56:00.003-05:00

Martin Bromirski

Jamison Brosseau

2011-02-25T01:39:00.003-05:00

Jamison Brosseau

studio. these photos were taken at Community Event #1014. jamison's studio is kept open in the back.

GO to 245 Varet TONIGHT ONLY 7-11pm for Selections From The Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Jon Lutz to see a show of work by Irving Balling, Joshua Abelow, Ethan Greenbaum, and Janine Polak.

GHELLOKEEYO IS EVERYWHERE

Sarah Adams and Marikke Dau

Jamison Brosseau Studio

Jamison Brosseau on anaba 8/18/2010

Patrick Hill

2011-02-24T01:10:00.003-05:00

Patrick Hill, Clumsy Angels, at Bortolami. Closed 2/23.

ballerinas and stripper poles + catholic vibe

christ struggling with the cross... there's even a halo.

forsaken

feels like pieces should move, like that rotation you do with your arms when you play train. clumsy angel in the background, with marble wings and glass halo.

Patrick Hill at Bortolami 2007, on anaba (late) 2/26/2008 - the glass pieces were set up to fall and smash... there was a mobile with cement and glass... he used beet juice to stain canvas.

Patrick Hill at Andrea Rosen, on my flickr 11/2008.
Patrick Hill at Bortolami, on my flickr 8/2010... (+ a sculpture).

shows to see

2011-02-21T23:55:00.003-05:00

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Joe Bradley at Journal, opens TUES 2/22, 6pm
Judith Braun talk at NurtureArt, 2/23, 7pm
Joe Fyfe at James Graham, opens 2/23
Daily Operation-curated group show, at 245 Varet, 2/25, 7-11pm ONLY
Anissa Mack at Laurel Gitlen (Small A), opens 2/27, 6pm
Joy Curtis at Klaus Von Nichtssagend, opens 3/4
David Hammons at L&M, through 3/4
Mirrored Thoughts/Spaces Between at Spattered Columns, through 3/22
Chuck Webster at ZieherSmith, through 3/26
Lynda Benglis at New Museum

things to do

2011-02-20T14:15:00.005-05:00

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things to do -

add anaba on facebook - see link at right
support this blog - see donate button at right. no amount too small!
watch the shadow boner video if you haven't already.

the donate request is for everyone except the three people who have already $upported this blog... THANKS!!!

Jonah Koppel

2011-02-19T00:40:00.011-05:00

Jonah Koppel, at Klaus Von Nichtssagend... new LES location!

three big paintings in a cool new space

These remind me of the great Philadelphia painter Warren Rohrer.

(Joe Fyfe and Dan Walsh both studied under Warren)

Jonah Koppel at Klaus. Closes 2/27.

NEXT SHOW AT KLAUS IS JOY CURTIS!

Joe Fyfe opens at James Graham 2/23.

Joe Bradley

2011-02-17T16:44:00.010-05:00

Joe Bradley, Human Forms, at Canada. Closes 2/21.

big switch from the schmutzkunst!

barrel of monkeys-like

Double Elvis-y.

lots of doubles paired... they are screenprints so the doubles are exactly the same, even the mis-registrations or whatever it's called.

some of them are cool to look at like those images where the negative/positive space flip-flops, when two faces make a vase if you squint.

stills from a breakdancing video i think.

Peanut Gallery, curated by Joe Bradley, at Journal Gallery, on anaba 12/4/08.
Joe Bradley, Schmagoo Paintings, at Canada, on anaba 1/5/09.
Joe Bradley with Sarah Braman, at Museum 52, on anaba 5/28/09.

trop fort

Joe Bradley drawing show opens 2/22 at Journal.

Eneas Capalbo

2011-02-15T15:23:00.002-05:00

Eneas Capalbo, Fake Condos, at Half Gallery.

he's been painting fake Condos for ten years

Eneas Capalbo at Half Gallery

John Beech

2011-02-13T17:39:00.014-05:00

John Beech, at Peter Blum, through 3/19.

John Beech at Peter Blum, on anaba 4/10/2007.
John Beech in Begin Again Right Back Here, at White Columns, on anaba 10/25/2008.

John Beech

Michaela Eichwald

2011-02-11T01:40:00.004-05:00

Michaela Eichwald at Reena Spaulings.

monument

Michael Tomeo on Michaela Eichwald at Reena Spaulings.

yeah rauschenberg. now i remember seeing that 1/4 mile piece in the first show at mass moca.

Michaela Eichwald

Gellochio

2011-02-07T16:26:00.008-05:00

GELLOCHIO
WATCH THE VIDEOS THEY ARE BIZARRE

JHELLOCHIOs. Richtards supplied bases everybody made heads.

JELLOCHEO

Brosseau is Number One.

JHELLOKAYO

the mysterious poet

Lizzie Wright

Mike Smith's Ghellochios - Orchid Jellokayo with 2 Attendee Jahleakeyowes.

fantastic

Matt Richtards

David Herbert

WATCH!!!

jellokaiyo's on his way

Mairikke Dau

Jon Lutz +

hi jhalowkeyo!

245 Varet

Dona Nelson

2011-02-05T00:40:00.001-05:00

Dona Nelson, in Texture.TXT, at Regina Rex, through 2/12.

Dona Nelson and David Humphrey. I forget the name of the artist who did the piece on the back wall.

I remember that! from the Knock Knock show.

Regina Rex open Sat/Sun 12-6 ONLY. Bummed i missed the Megan Pflug show, her first one was so perfect.

Dona Nelson, in Pastorale, at 80WSE, on anaba 10/11/2010.
Dona Nelson, at Thomas Erben and Volta, on anaba 3/14/2010.
Dona Nelson, at Thomas Erben, on anaba 2/11/09.

spray crate

Dona Nelson, Spacey Characters, 2010

Leif Ritchey

2011-02-03T14:10:00.001-05:00

Leif Ritchey, at Martos Gallery, through 2/19.

Leif Ritchey in Time Tunnel, at Charlie Horse, on anaba 3/16/2010.
Leif Ritchey at Journal Gallery, on my flickr 6/2010.
Leif Ritchey in Material Issue and Other Matters, at Canada, on anaba 9/16/2010.

Leif Ritchey at Martos Gallery.

nobody wants it

2011-02-02T22:00:00.003-05:00

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that big black + white albert oehlen painting in the current show at luhring augustine is the same painting that was in concrete works at mitchell innes & nash 6/2007 for $425,00 and later that december on display at miami basel with luhring augustine (noted here).

nobody wants it.

QuietlyLoud

2011-02-02T02:27:00.001-05:00

Alisha Kerlin

QuietlyLoud, at Thomas Erben, through 2/12.

Cassie Raihl

tape measures to nowhere

Alisha Kerlin - she's the second interesting artist I've first seen at Real Fine Arts later included in a small group show at Thomas Erben (Whitney Claflin is the other).

Cassie Raihl

Alisha Kerlin at Real Fine Arts, on anaba 6/3/09.

Joshua Abelow

2011-02-01T01:25:00.004-05:00

Joshua Abelow, at James Fuentes, through 2/13.

WAY TO GO, ABELOW!

Katherine Bradford

2011-01-20T15:44:00.003-05:00

KATHERINE BRADFORD

cherry tree

Studio visit with Katharina Grosse.

sock

Katherine Bradford at John Davis Gallery
Party at Chris's House
Moon Rock Astronaut
WEBSITE...

GREEN

2011-01-15T16:24:00.003-05:00

never posted these and i need to see some GREEN. in the woods behind an abandoned house in Vermont.

heart babies

mirrors

pictures

2011-01-07T22:35:00.010-05:00

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my flickr setttttsssss

abstract painting
anaba paparazzi
artist sets

ARTIST SETS
Peter Acheson, Rita Ackermann, Justin Adian, Polly Apfelbaum, Ivin Ballen, Gina Beavers, John Beech, Jane Benson, Huma Bhabha, Josh Blackwell, Katharine Bradford, Joe Bradley, Sarah Braman, Patrick Brennan, Roger Brown, Rosanna Bruno, Benjamin Butler, Varda Caivano, Dana Carlson, Whitney Claflin, Gregory Coates, Jason Coates, Jennifer Coates, Peter Coffin, Dan Colen, Gianna Commito, Travis Conner, Matt Connors, Joy Curtis, Herman 'Ray' Davis, Steve DiBenedetto, Cheryl Donegan, Leonardo Drew, Marlene Dumas, Ida Ekblad, RM Fischer, Stacy Fisher, Alison Fox, Jason Fox, Joe Fyfe, Jaime Gecker, Beth Gilfilen, Suzanne Goldenberg, Brenda Goodman, Ron Gorchov, Ethan Greenbaum, Joanne Greenbaum, Mildred Greenberg, Nora Griffin, Fred Gutzeit, Katharina Grosse, EJ Hauser, Rachel Hayes, Mary Heilmann, Mike Hein, Daniel Hesidence, Patrick Hill, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Shirley Jaffe, Merlin James, Anya Keilar, Harriet Korman, Mark Kostabi, Fawn Krieger, Lady Pink, Ben LaRocco, Sol Lewitt, Judith Linhares, Liz-N-Val, D. Dominick Lombardi, Al Loving, Nate Lowman, Lauren Luloff, Matthew Lusk, David Malek, Liz Markus, Sarah McEneaney, Melissa Meyer, Rebecca Morris, Carrie Moyer, Loren Munk, Dona Nelson, Joe Overstreet, Paris/aka Holy Joseph, Steven Parrino, Meridith Pingree, Judy Pfaff, Megan Pflug, Richard Prince, RH Quaytman, Noam Rappaport, Lance Rautzhan, Richard Rezac, Joshua Rickards, Leif Ritchey, Eric Sall, Lucas Samaras, Tom Sanford, Dana Schutz, Josh Smith, Mike Smith, Michael E. Smith, Molly Smith, Nancy Smith, Agathe Snow, Jered Sprecher, Jessica Stockholder, George Sugarman, Blair Thurman, Jeffrey Tranchell, Lane Twitchell, Johannes VanDerBeek, Kai Vierstra, Maria Walker, Roger White, Wendy White, Barnaby Whitfield, Bruce Wilhelm, Michael Zahn, Larry Zox.

I SEE MY PHOTOS EVERYWHERE!

shows to see

2011-01-05T17:42:00.009-05:00

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Alisha Kerlin in 2 shows... at Thomas Erben (1/6) and a cool looking group show at Soloway (1/8 - one week only). She is the 2nd interesting RFA artist I've noticed to have a show at Thomas Erben... Whitney Claflin is the other.
Dona Nelson and others at Regina Rex, 1/8.
Ann Craven at Maccarone, 1/8 - and she just had a topsy-turvy show there like 3 shows ago. HEY guess what i got an original signed/dated Ann Craven painting in a bin at the Strand for two freaking dollars!! no shit.
Lee Lozano at Hauser & Wirth, 1/12
Joe Bradley at Canada, 1/13.
- oh wait and he is at Gavin Brown too opening 1/8. what is happening.
Bryan Zanisnik at Horton, 1/13.
- unrelated to Bryan's show... i don't have a cent to spare but TOP of my list of resolutions is to send Sean Horton a check for $20.
Joshua Abelow at James Fucking Fuentes!!, 1/13.
Eric Doeringer, Loren Munk, Filip Noterdaeme, Matthew Higgs Society and others, in a show curated by Eric Doeringer, at EFA Project Space, 1/14.... looks very smart and fun. I am archived in the Matthew Higgs Society, they sent me a card (back) thanking me for my contributions to Matthew's legacy (scrollll).
Bureau, 1/13 (reception 1/16) - i don't know who is showing but like visiting this little gallery.
Gellochio at 245 Varet, 1/28.

ADD!: Butt Johnson at CRG, Patrick Hill at Bortolami, Lief Ritchey at Martos, Matthew Fisher at Heskin, Yadir Quintana at Standpipe 2/3.
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2010

2010-12-31T01:15:00.014-05:00

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Last year went OVERBOARD with favorites so trying keep this list small and personal, limited to abstract painting...

Vittorio Colaizzi

Simon Hantai - from 1981, but new to me.

Dan Colen - apparently i'm the only one in the world who liked these grody paintings??? they were terrific.

Lance Rautzhan - i know a lot of different groups of artists in NYC, many of them overlap, and Lance belongs to NONE of them... it's so weird! anyways, i love it.

Lauren Luloff at BUOY!!!

Justin Adian - this piece and a solo show at Blackston

Maria Walker

Ken Weathersby

Rosanna Bruno - in 2 shows

Wendy White

Peter Acheson

Beth Gilfilen

Edwin Ruda - not new or even new to me, but newly appreciated.

SUPER SPECIAL top favorite shows:
Cro-Mirski!!! and Shadow Boner!!! THANK YOU to everyone who came.

Regret not getting around to posting Whitney Claflin (2x... at Real Fine Arts and Thomas Erben), Suzanne Frecon, Blair Thurman, Harriet Korman (in 2 shows)... others surely but that is who comes to mind.

2009 - Favorites '09... went overboard! ends with one worst.
2008 - Favorites '08
2007 - Fantastic Four 2007... with a list of 'worsts' at bottom. an update with more '07 faves
2006 - no list
2005 - no list
2004 - Some Favorite Art Things 2004, My Worst Art Things 2004

UPDATE: yeah already realized i did not list Larry Poons and Dona Nelson... basically everything on the blog is a favorite. this is impossible.
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Katharina Grosse

2010-12-24T23:05:00.002-05:00

Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse at MASS MoCA.

boards used to cover the window for jenny holzer's show were recycled as masking for this wall... they don't waste anything at this museum (for example sitting in christoph buchel's abandoned theatre seats to watch guy ben-ner's mocking video).

side by side BUILDINGs-ful of Katharina Grosse and Sol Lewitt wow.

Katharina Grosse

She gave a wonderful talk I attended in 2005 -
Katharina Grosse lecture Part 1
Katharina Grosse lecture Part 2
Katharina Grosse lecture Part 3

more pictures on my flickr

lines

KG

Charlie McComber

2010-12-21T04:00:00.000-05:00

Charlie McComber

Charlie McComber at a coffee shop... I almost don't want to share this mad genius.

they are all(?) less than $200 and i can't afford any of them!!! but i will get one eventually.

i think charlie would like gellochio and vice-versa.

CANDY

Charlie McComber!

Meridith Pingree

2010-12-15T01:25:00.002-05:00

Meridith Pingree, Blue Curtain, at Camel Art Space.

A chain along the hall of nine slowly spinning 'wipers'(?) lifting a glistening blue chain up and down, in an out-of-sync jerky looping rythm.

a brain node of the creep chain

NOBODY ELSE IS DOING THIS FREAKY STUFF. the only artists that remotely come to mind are Jon Kessler techy things, but more-so Lee Bontecou... because of a similar attraction/repulsion organic/industrial creep vibe.

spider shadows with lifting and dropping oil blue chain.

VIDEOS

Curator Rod Malin with work by Tom Moody.

Roger White

2010-12-11T02:35:00.000-05:00

Roger White, at Rachel Uffner Gallery. Closes 12/19th.

Roger White

Roger White, at D'Amelio Terras, on anaba 7/16/2007.
Roger White, at Rachel Uffner, on anaba 10/15/2008.
Roger White, in Bob Nickas' Cave Painting 2, on my flickr 12/2009. Have you seen my flickr it's awesome.

Maria Walker

2010-12-08T03:00:00.000-05:00

Maria Walker, at NYU's Rosenberg Gallery (34 Stuyvesant St), through 12/12.

hard to see the white paint on raw canvas. the sides aren't wrapped super tight.. it's kind of folded.

side view.

Maria Walker

First saw one of her paintings in It's A Wonderful Life, at Sideshow Gallery, 1/2009.

Wendy White

2010-12-05T01:45:00.001-05:00

Wendy White, Arete, 2010

Wendy White's painting in a group painting show at Schroeder Romero & Shredder... many good artists in the show and I will post more images later, but first wanted to see this one all by itself.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Arete = Excellent

Sarah Braman

2010-12-03T22:55:00.002-05:00

Sarah Braman, Friend, 2010

Sarah Braman, at Franklin Parrasch Gallery, through 12/18.

Windsoft, 2010

Wrong Painting (July), 2010

looks like Wrong Painting (July) is a re-working of the above Wrong Thing, 2009... from the show at Museum 52 with Joe Bradley.

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Sarah Braman, in Apartment Show at Artist's Space, 2/28/09
Sarah Braman, at the Armory, on anaba 3/6/09
Sarah Braman, in Apartment Show XOXO, on anaba 3/18/09
Sarah Braman, at Museum 52, on anaba 5/28/09
Sarah Braman, in Upstate NY, on anaba 8/5/09

George Sugarman

2010-11-30T02:00:00.001-05:00

George Sugarman, Untitled, 1969

George Sugarman, at Washburn Gallery.

1966

1966

Raphael Rubinstein on George Sugarman.

George Sugarman, Cornerstone, 1959

The gallery has two rooms, '60's stuff is in one room with '50's work in the other. GO SEE.

Andrew Masullo

2010-11-27T22:50:00.002-05:00

Andrew Masullo, at Feature, through 12/5th.

Roberta Smith on Andrew Masullo.

Andrew Masullo

2 fantastic shows in a row at Feature!! Remember that one show that was absolute crap, back when I talked about crap?

Liz Markus

2010-11-25T00:05:00.001-05:00

Liz Markus, at Zieher Smith.

Painting above is a glam memorial of old art magazine advertisements + glitter. Ads for shows with galleries like Pat Hearn and American Fine Arts; old shows for Polly Apfelbaum, Jonathan Borofsky, John Dogg, Richmond Burton, Meyer Vaisman.

I'm a geek for these new paintings that are portraits? homages? of different artists.

Charlie is right I was reeling around in front of the Double Rotten...

and I liked her Summer 2007 show at the previous space too.

RELAX with Joshua and Tisch Abelow.

Agni Zotis

2010-11-24T01:30:00.003-05:00

Agni Zotis, at Wilmer Jennings Gallery.

staining splattering FUN

Agni Zotis

Fawn Krieger

2010-11-23T02:40:00.001-05:00

Fawn Krieger, Ruin Value, at Soloway.

Ruin Value. had never heard of that.

"Embedded in the notion of buildings with high Ruin Value, of course, is that the very prospect of realizing is accompanied by the anticipation it will one day collapse, or simply fail and remain. Failing as an intentional built-in to realization is compelling to me." - Fawn Krieger

the individual pieces are being sold at $40 per pound after the first week... cash and carry ok... wonder what it will look like at the end of the month.

soloway

(makes me think about Liz Glynn's Rome piece for the New Museum show)

Rebecca Morris

2010-11-22T02:20:00.005-05:00

Rebecca Morris, at Harris Lieberman.

Rebecca Morris

Peter Acheson

2010-11-16T01:44:00.006-05:00

Peter Acheson, at John Davis Gallery (Hudson NY), through December 5th.

Deirdre Swords

it has a shell on it

Geoffrey Young talking to ____ and Chris Martin.

Farrell Brickhouse

can't choose a favorite too many perfect paintings

Peter Acheson

Linnea Paskow and Ben LaRocco.

Brooklyn Rail interview with Katherine Bradford, Peter Acheson, and Chris Martin.

Jewel Thieves

2010-11-14T01:48:00.003-05:00

Barry Schwabsky, James Hyde, Victoria Palermo, Octavio Zaya, Ian Berry, Cheryl Donegan, Steven Madoff, Jessica Stockholder, Jim Hodges, John Weber.

Richard Rezac sculpture on Jessica Stockholder stage.

panel - if you ever get a chance to see James Hyde or Steven Madoff speak don't miss it.

James Hyde lecture from 2005 - part 1, part 2.

on James Hyde's couch

Abstract Masters

2010-11-13T02:15:00.002-05:00

Frank Wimberly's For Barbara (1958), between a Frank Bowling and a Herbert Gentry.

African American Abstract Masters, at the Opalka Gallery, Sage College, in Albany.

This is the same show I saw split up in two places in NYC back in March... at Anita Shapolsky's and the Wilmer Jennings Gallery.

Joe Overstreet, Carry Back (1960) - this painting has already been 'favorited' three times since posting it to flickr a few days ago....

Frank Wimberly... Frank is the only surviving artist who was able to attend the opening... he's eighty-four!!

Ed Clark Louisiana Series (1978) back wall. Joe Overstreet Black Star Line (1990) front wall.

- Ed Clark at G.R. N'Namdi got a lot of comments
- I visited Joe Overstreet's studio
- definitely click on the Anita Shapolsky post to see some better images and a great photo of Anita.

Frank Wimberly talking about Ed Clark's Red, Black and Blue Movement (2009)... oh yeah Ed Clark is also eighty-four.

(Ed Clark had a great website but it's down hope it gets fixed)

Jessica Stockholder

2010-11-08T01:45:00.003-05:00

Jessica Stockholder, at Usdan Gallery, Bennington College.

Untitled (2000)

She co-curated the Tang's current The Jewel Thief.... is anyone coming up for the abstract painting symposium at the Tang later this week?

Untitled (2001)

Swiss Cheese Field 8 (2009)

The Jewel Thief

2010-11-01T15:30:00.005-04:00

Stephen Dean Prayer Mill, 2007 on Richard Woods Logo no. 82, 2010.

The Jewel Thief, curated by Ian Berry and Jessica Stockholder, at the Tang.

Jessica Stockholder... it's a platform, seating area, stage... like her piece that was in Madison Square Park.

So yeah - same complaint about the Tang as always - no photography allowed. Ridiculous that the one day this Stockholder piece will ever really be used and you couldn't freely take photographs. I can see three watcher-guards in this photo.

surfer

Chery Donegan, Shake the Page, 2010 and Antibacterial Memory, 2010

i loved that Kitchen painting, and these too.

Cheryl Donegan

Cheryl Donegan, Not In Love, 2009

The gallery is filled with art and includes a series of lined-up cubes each larger than the previous... all used for display... the first smaller ones are used as pedestals and the larger ones become walls... all together they are like very big blocks forming giant steps to where the show continues on the second floor.

LIKES - the Joan Mitchell painting near a same(?) dimension Joanne Greenbaum... wow nice pairing! reflection of the stepping blocks... really brings out all the color in the Joan Mitchell... green and purple and lots, it has a nude descending the staircase rythm, and made me need to go back and look at the Calder mobile in the atrium.... the two paintings are both hung very high and looking up at the Joanne Greenbaum you can see all the painting underneath the black.... Chris Martin... Rico Gatson... textiles... Andrew Massullo... nice Alex Brown... Jessica Jackson Hutchins with a broken white globe, so nice like a nice accident... oh yeah the James Hyde seating area with giant 'painting' very very cool so bummed i accidently deleted the photos i had of it... Patrick Chamberlain, some weird things happening in a couple... Richard Rezac yes, and he has a very good show up now at Feature.

Cary Smith has great installation shots on his Facebook if you want to see.

Tamara Gonzales PAPARAZZI!

paintings

2010-10-23T22:45:00.003-04:00

Shadow Boner

at 245 Varet... Jamison Brosseau's place.

*ART-STARS* photos from the opening

James Kalm video...

Nancy Smith artloversnewyork!

it was a great time

Shadow Boner

Geometric Progressions

2010-10-20T22:30:00.006-04:00

EJ Hauser

Geometric Progressions, at Edward Thorp, through November 16th.

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EJ Hauser

EJ Hauser, at John Davis Gallery, on anaba 6/1/2009.
EJ Hauser, in Unbreak My Heart, at Pluto, on anaba 1/9/2009.
EJ Hauser, in Party at Phong's, at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, on anaba 10/13/2008.

Rosanna Bruno

Rosanna Bruno

Rosanna Bruno, at John Davis Gallery, on anaba 6/1/2009.
Rosanna Bruno, in Unbreak My Heart, on my flickr, 1/2009.

Patrick Brennan

patrick brennan

detail

Patrick Brennan, at Nicole Klagsbrun, on anaba 8/15/2010.
Patrick Brennan, at Monya Rowe, on anaba 6/14/2010.
Patrick Brennan, FAZES, on anaba 12/9/2009.
Patrick Brennan, at Artist's Space, on anaba 2/28/2009.
Patrick Brennan, at Heskin Contemporary, on anaba 1/12/2009.

Jered Sprecher - no sense of scale here... this larger painting is much grander in life.

Jered Sprecher, with Steven Zevitas Gallery, at Volta, on anaba 3/10/2010.
Jered Sprecher, at Jeff Bailey Gallery, on anaba 4/9/2007.
Jered Sprecher, at ADA Gallery, on anaba 12/20/2006.

detail

Katherine Bradford

2010-10-17T17:10:00.000-04:00

Katherine Bradford, at John Davis Gallery (Hudson NY), through November 7th.

Katherine Bradford + Jane.

she does street stuff...

Kathherine Bradford with Peter Acheson and friends. Peter has the next show.

Brooklyn Rail interview with Katherine Bradford, Peter Acheson, and Chris Martin.