Filed under: Behind the Scenes, Competitions, Sneak Peeks | Tags: #98, Alexia Stamatiou, Amze Emmons, Andrew Brischler, Becky Suss, Ben Boothby, Ben Weiner, Benjamin Degan, Brian Zink, Cary Smith, Chelsey Tyler Wood, Cristi Rinklin, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Dina Deitsch, Dodge Gallery, Echo Eggebrecht, Erin Murray, Eugenie Tung, Hannah Cole, Jaqueline Cedar, Jason Bard Yarmosky, Jason Seeley, Jessie Edelman, Joe M. Wardwell, Julie Oppermann, Justin Richel, KAORUKO, Kay Ruane, Kristen Dodge, Laurel Sparks, Louise Marshall, Marc Séguin, Michael Yoder, NAP, Nina Bovasso, Northeast, Peter Opheim, Rebecca Roberts, Rebecca Rutstein, Ria Brodell, Robert Buck, Roxa Smith, Ryan McLennan, Seth Clark, Shawn Huckins, sneak peak, Summer Wheat, Susan Siegel
The 2012 Northeast Issue, #98, is now hitting newsstands across the US. We expect them to ship to subscribers in the next 1 to 2 weeks, so check those mailboxes! The juror for the Northeast issue was Dina Deitsch, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA.
Deitsch notes in her essay, “While the Northeast can be characterized by its cold weather, ties to the earliest days of American history, a collection of some very good schools, and perhaps, what is politely termed a Yankee frugality or better yet, pragmatism, the truth of the matter is that the art here bears no such defining characteristics. In the realm of painting, where the limits are the mind and hand, there is a remarkable range of forward-thinking ideas, subject matter, and technique. In the grouping of painters featured in this issue of New American Paintings you’ll come across works that speak more to the human experience—both local and global—and a broadening effect of thinking through painting as a material, as color, and less as a means to an end. This shift towards the materiality of paint seems to almost reinvigorate the medium, taking it into the space of the world itself.”
– View a list of all featured artists after the jump!
You can pre-order the issue by calling 617-778-5265.
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Filed under: Art World, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Must-Sees, New York, Philly, San Francisco, Santa Fe | Tags: Amy Casey, Andy Cross, Charles Ritchie, Chris Johanson, Cordy Ryman, Erik Parker, Jaqueline Cedar, Jered Sprecher, Kiel Johnson, Laurel Sparks, Leidy Churchman, Lesley Vance, Matt Connors, Must-Sees, Njideka Akunyili, Siobahn Liddell, Travis Collinson
Chris Johanson, Hey There, That’s You, 2011 | Acrylic and latex and mirror on wood, 45 1/2 x 54 inches. Courtesy Altman Siegel, San Francisco.
It’s time to break out the sunscreen and the summer group shows (and there’s no shortage of each). Our editorial staff have put together our Summer Must-See list for July and August, our guide to more than 50 of the best contemporary painting exhibitions in the country, including dozens of notable and not-to-be-missed shows by masters like De Kooning and serious emerging talent like Matt Connors, Lesley Vance, Leidy Churchman, Chris Johanson, and more. Also included are our picks for summer shows by artists previously featured in New American Paintings.
From L.A. to Chicago, Houston to New York and back, our guide includes exhibitions in every corner of the country. Images and listings after the jump!
Filed under: Art World, New York | Tags: DODGEgallery, Douglas Weathersby, Environmental Services, Jane Fox Hipple, Laurel Sparks, New York, Robert de Saint Phalle, Taylor Davis
Taylor Davis, d sell em, 2009, watercolor and watercolor pencil on paper, 10 x 14 inches
With the summer equinox behind us, that can only mean one thing: summer group shows. Capping off their inaugural year in business, New York’s DODGE gallery on the Lower East Side recently opened with one of our summer favorites. SHAKEDOWN, featuring work by the gallery’s roster and invited artists, is a veritable ‘who’s who’ of emergent talent from Boston and New York, including work by Jane Fox Hipple, Laurel Sparks, Taylor Davis, Robert de Saint Phalle, Environmental Services, and several others.
More pics after the jump!
Filed under: In the Studio, Q&A | Tags: DeCordova Biennial, Dodge Gallery, Evan J. Garza, Laurel Sparks, painting
Godstar, 2010 | Mixed media on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Clinton Hill, Brooklyn-based artist Laurel Sparks makes paintings that appear to shimmer and decay simultaneously, covering her canvases with rich, colorful textures which abstract drawn images bred from photographs. Featured in the 2010 DeCordova Biennial, organized by DeCordova Assistant Curator Dina Deitsch, Sparks’s forms seem both organic and man-made, breaking apart and obscuring images of glamor until they exist only as layers of color, form, and texture. We caught up with the artist last week to talk about her work.
EJG: Tell me about what’s going on in your studio right now.
LS: I started off the year working on a new series of paintings called Carnival Ecstasy (named after an influential pansexual orgy scene from Jack Smith’s film Flaming Creatures). The past few months I have been focused on a large series of collage drawings on paper. This work emerged out of my sketchbook practice, which is how I develop imagery for paintings. The collages have a different sensibility from my large paintings because they are more graphic and precise. I am still working with movement and distortion, but instead of pouring and smearing paint, I carefully fuse cut paper and small objects to 19″x13″ drawings.
