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Northeast Issue #98 Sneek Peek! by New American Paintings

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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Northeast Deadline Extension by New American Paintings
September 2, 2011, 10:00 am
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In light of the recent storms that have effected the entire Northeast Region, we have extended the deadline for entry to September 9th, Midnight EST, with no penalty for late entry. We hope that this extension will enable those inconvenienced by the hurricane to apply. If you are an artist residing CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, & VT, there is still time to enter The deadline is Thursday, September 9th (Midnight EST)! Apply online!

Dina Deitsch, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Musuem, will be jurying what has become one of our most competitive regions.

Artists can now apply online! Simply visit our competition page and follow the instructions. Submitting is easy! Just have four jpegs, less than 1200 pixels at their greatest dimension, and a credit card for the entry fee. Get online and enter by September 9th!

Be sure to check out our recent Q&A with Ms. Deitsch.



Must-See Paintings Show: September by New American Paintings

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.


Kimberly Brooks | Punk History, oil on linen, 40 x 36 inches. Courtesy of Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles.

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Northeast Competition Deadline by New American Paintings

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!

Dina Deitsch, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Musuem, will be jurying what has become one of our most competitive regions.

Artists can now apply online! Simply visit our competition page and follow the instructions. Submitting is easy! Just have four jpegs, less than 1200 pixels at their greatest dimension, and a credit card for the entry fee. Get online and enter by August 31st!

Be sure to check out our recent Q&A with Ms. Deitsch.



Dina Deitsch: A Q&A with the Northeast Juror by openstudiospress

It’s time to begin preparations for one of our most anticipated issues of the year, the Northeast Competition! (The deadline to apply is August 31, and the competition is open to artists in CT, DE, ME, MA, NJ, NH, NY, PA, RI, and VT. Apply online!)

For nearly two decades, the Northeast book has featured artists of exceptional promise who have gone on to incredible international success, and NAP alums from the region include such celebrated contemporary artists as Matthew Day Jackson, William Cordova, Eddie Martinez, and countless others.

We are beyond thrilled to feature the perspective of talented curator (and friend) Dina Deitsch, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art for the deCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Lincoln, MA. Dina’s years of experience working with emerging artists for the museum’s deCordova Biennial and her intensive work with multiple media, make her an incredible candidate for jurying the Northeast Competition. 

I chatted with the Cambridge-based curator this week to talk up the competition and her experience with emerging work. She also shares with us her thoughts on recent developments in contemporary painting, which you don’t want to miss. Our conversation is below! More after the jump!  —Evan J. Garza, Editor-at-Large

EJG: As the curator for a sculpture park and museum, how do you address painting in the museum’s program?
DD: Easily and often! While deCordova is a sculpture park, and a fantastic one at that, we also have a good 5000 sq ft of gallery space that we program with not only sculpture but general contemporary art. One branch of our mission is to collect and promote artists from the New England region, which we do through single-artist PLATFORM projects and our sprawling Biennial program. In that particular program, variety is the name of the game and there’s always room for painting! I also organize group thematic shows that often do and can include or even center on painting, such as the forthcoming show I’m curating with you, Paint Thing (working title), which looks at painting as a spatial art, and where and how it meets sculpture.

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2010: A Space Odyssey (& Studio Visit) with Scott Listfield by openstudiospress
November 11, 2010, 9:03 am
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BOOM, 2010 | Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches

Scott Listfield wants to know where the people on the Death Star buy their groceries. The Boston-based artist had some pretty high expectations for the future when he was younger, not unlike Stanley Kubrick’s imagined explorers of deep space and their all-knowing computers. But unfortunately, as we’ve come to discover, Kubrick’s 2001 was not the 2001 we came to understand.

Featured in editions #56 and #74 of New American Paintings, Listfield creates paintings that place the sci-fi protagonist within the mundane existence of day-to-day life in the real 21st-century (with Dunkin Donuts and Burger King in tow). I visited the artist at his Porter Square studio this week to talk Kubrick and Star Wars.  —Evan J. Garza

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Northeast Late Entry Deadline by openstudiospress
September 2, 2010, 10:00 am
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Northeast (CT, DE, ME, MA, NJ, NH, NY, PA, RI, VT) Entry Deadline Extended: September 10, 2010 (midnight). Juror: Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator, New Museum, New York, NY.
Late entry fee applies. Please see below.

To apply online, artists will need four jpegs of their work (no larger than 1200 pixels at their greatest dimension) and a credit card for the late entry fee of $55. All styles and media are welcome, as long as the work is singular and two-dimensional. Online Submission Deadline: September 10, 2010 (midnight).

Click here to register and submit your entries to the Northeast Competition 2010, juried by Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator, New Museum, New York, NY. As the country’s largest and most important series of artist competitions, we’re thrilled to feature Laura’s unique perspective. With the deadline extended to September 10th, keep those submissions coming!



Northeast Competition Entries III by New American Paintings
August 16, 2010, 11:00 am
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Check out some of the latest entries to the Northeast Competition. The deadline is August 31, so keep them coming! Apply online!

NOTE: The following are random selections, and in no way reflect, or influence, final selections made by the juror.


Jemison Faust, “Before the Work Begins: Tipping Point #4” | Oil on Panel, 30 x 40 inches


Lionel Carre, “Homage to the letter lines” | Latex on Canvas, 30 x 30 inches


Keri Oldham, “Moldy Dress” | Mixed Media on Paper, 14 x 12 inches


Daniel Baltzer, “Broadcast 40” | Acrylic on Canvas, 40 x 59 inches


Northeast Competition Entries II by New American Paintings
August 2, 2010, 10:00 am
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Check out some of the latest entries to the Northeast Competition. The deadline is August 31, so keep them coming!

NOTE: The following are random selections, and in no way reflect, or influence, final selections made by the juror.


Paul Chapman, “Upgrade” | Acrylic on Canvas, 31.5 x 43.5 inches


Zachary Keeting, “February (5)” | Acrylic on Paper, 30 x 22 inches


William Herwig “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” | Oil on Canvas, 96 x 92 inches



Seth Clark, “Abandoned” | Mixed Media On Paper, 30 x 22 inches


Northeast Competition Entries by New American Paintings
July 20, 2010, 3:16 pm
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Our 2010 Northeast Competition is now live. Enter the competition online. This year’s juror is Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator at the New Museum, New York. Check out some of the latest entries to the Northeast Competition. The deadline is August 31, so keep them coming!

NOTE: The following are random selections, and in no way reflect, or influence, final selections made by the juror.


Helena Wurzel, “Slide Show” | Oil on Canvas, 62 x 76 inches


Steven Walls, “The Balance” | Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches


Dana Sink, “Isolated Yellow” | Oil on Panel, 18 x 24 inches



Alexandra Pacula, “Bursting Motion” | Oil on Canvas, 48 x 70 inches