Un-Fair at at Sikkema Jenkins: Kay Rosen, Prismism, 2020, colored pencil on paper, app 22 x 30 inches
(Exhibition closed)
I spent a much needed several days looking at art in Chelsea, the Lower East
Side, Chinatown, and Bushwick. There was a lot of spirit-lifting
color on the walls. Within its chromatic embrace, one could see geometry,
reductive rigor, provisional playfulness, bold brushwork, sumptuous surface, sculptural construction, and allover patterning in paint, fiber, wood, and paper. Here’s a look at some
of what I saw. Some of the group and solo shows remain ongoing, while others
have closed. Most of the various exhibitions’ images can be seen online.
Lost Child, 1986, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 inches
Cool Blue, 1981, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 72 inches; Harlequin, 1983, acrylic on canvas,
76 x 104 inches
Below: Detail of Harlequin
Below: Detail of Harlequin
Close Tone, 1984, oil and acrylic on canvas, 62 x 60 inches; Untitled, 1985, acrylic on canvas, 32 x 33 inches
Below: side view of Untitled
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Eccentric Color at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Chelsea
Group exhibition with Celia Johnson, Conny Goeltz Schmitt, and Fran Shalom
Exhibition up through March 27
At Kathryn Markel: Conny Goelz Schmitt, Long Haul, 2020, vintage book parts, 16 x 16 x 4 inches
At Kathryn Markel: Main gallery, three paintings by Fran Shalom
Below: Shalom's Amplify and Encounter, both 2020, oil on panel, 24 x 24 inches
Below: Shalom's Amplify and Encounter, both 2020, oil on panel, 24 x 24 inches
Moving clockwise around the gallery: Fran Shalom, Dastardly, 2020, oil on canvas; Celia Johnson, Seanoir, 2020, acrylic on panel
At Kathryn Markel: Celia Johnson, clockwise from top left: Na Fuire L, Comhra, Na Fuire LI, Cumasc, all 2020, acrylic on panel, 24 x 21 inches
View exhibition catalog
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Martha Clippinger: Textiles & Objects at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Chelsea
Exhibition up through April 17
Above: Spiral, 2021, machine pieced and hand-quilted reclaimed fabrics
Below: reverse side
Cuadricula Quilt, 2019, machine pieced and hand-quilted cotton and polyester; right, Ups and Downs, 2021, acrylic on wood
Below: Detail of Cuadricula
Connection, 2021, acrylic on wood, 22 x 5.5 x .5 inches
Step Fret #3, 2020, hand-dyed wool, woven by Licha Gonzalez Ruiz and Augustin Contreras Lopez, 58 x 37.5 inches
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Distinctive/Instinctive: Postwar Abstract Painting at Michael Rosenfeld Art
Group exhibition up through April 10
Above: Charmion von Wiegand, Vajrayana, 1969, oil on canvas
Group exhibition up through April 10
Above: Charmion von Wiegand, Vajrayana, 1969, oil on canvas
Below: Installation view of Untitled and Vajrayana
Charmion von Weigand, Untitled, 1952, oil on canvas
Distinctive/Instinctive: Postwar Abstract Painting at Michael Rosenfeld Art, Chelsea:
William T. Williams, Walter's Advice, 1970, acrylic on canvas
William T. Williams, Walter's Advice, 1970, acrylic on canvas
Distinctive/Instinctive: Postwar Abstract Painting at Michael Rosenfeld Art, Chelsea:
Sam Gilliam, Untitled, 1970, acrylic an dye pigments on canvas
Sam Gilliam, Untitled, 1970, acrylic an dye pigments on canvas
Distinctive/Instinctive: Postwar Abstract Painting at Micahel Rosenfeld Art, Chelsea:
Alma Thomas, Red Rambling Rose Spring Song, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 58 x 35.25 inches
Alma Thomas, Red Rambling Rose Spring Song, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 58 x 35.25 inches
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Group exhibition up through March 28
Above: Nancy Azara, Rhubarb Portrait, 2018, carved and painted wood and canvas
Detail below
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Thread at Foxy Production, Chinatown: Ulrike Muller, Rug (con triangulos), 2015, wool, handwoven in the workshop of Jeronimo and Josefina Hernandez Ruiz, 86 x 64.75 inches
Group exhibition up through March 21
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Selections from Un-Fair at Sikkema Jenkins, Chelsea, group exhibition now closed
Above: Cameron Martin, Mr. Mr., 2020, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 60 inches
Above: Cameron Martin, Mr. Mr., 2020, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 60 inches
Un-Fair at Sikkema Jenkins: Sheila Hicks, foreground, Procope 2, 2020, various fibers, 16 x 16 x 8 inches; William Cordoba, Untitled, 2020; enamel, paper collage, gold leaf on paper, 130.25 x 90 inches
Cordoba detail below
Un-Fair at Sikkema Jenkins: Three by Cameron Martin, all permanent marker on paper, 11 x 9 inches. Above: Reticulation, 2019
Reticulation, 2017
Reticulation, 2016
Un-Fair at Sikkema Jenkins: Zipora Fried
Un-Fair at Sikkema Jenkins: Kay Rosen, Spectrum, 2020, acrylic gouache on watercolor paper, 24 x 20.75 inches
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Shift 2021, group show at Thatcher Projects: Installation view with William Badur and Nobu Fukui
Shift 2021 at Thatcher Projects: Nobu Fukui, Majestic, beads and mixed media on canvas over panel, 48 x 48 inches
Detail below
Shift 2021 at Thatcher Projects: Omar Chacon, Ich Operatica, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 26 inches
Detail below
Shift 2021 at Thatcher Projects: Cheonae Kim, clockwise from top left: Luna's Day, Luna's Day, Jupiter's Day, Mars's Day, all 2020 or 2021, flashe on panel, 16 x 16 inches
Shift 2021 at Thatcher Projects: three by Frank Badur
Above: #D12-25, 2012, all pencil and gouache on paper, 12 x 8.5 inches
Below: #D12-29, 2012
Below: #D12-20, 2012
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Two exhibitions at the Milton Resnik/Pat Passlof Foundation, Lower East Side, both curated by Geoffrey Dorfman
If you haven't been to this venue,
you must visit. Located in a former synagogue that had been Milton Resnick's studio, the three-story building has
been renovated to house the work
of the late artist and his partner, Pat Passlof, as well as to exhibit
the works of contemporary artists.
(Passlof had her own former synagogue
a few blocks over; the proceeds from its sale helped with the renovation and to maintain the Foundation.)
This image is from the Foundation website.
This image is from the Foundation website.
Pat Passlof, Memory of P., 1977
Detail below
Installation view of The One and the Many: Rosaire Appel, Brett Baker, Ruth Ann Fredenthal, Marcia Hafif, Alan Kleiman, Howard Smith, curated by Geoffrey Dorfman. Image from the Foundation website. Exhibition is up through March 27
Above, from left: Marcia Hafif, Brett Baker, Ruth Ann Fredenthal
Above, from left: Marcia Hafif, Brett Baker, Ruth Ann Fredenthal
Images of work by all the artists are viewable here
Marcia Hafif, Mass Tone Painting: Hansa Yellow, March 12, 1974
Brett Baker, Evening Reflection 1, 2016
Detail below
Howard Smith, Universe #30, 1991-2020
A few individual works below
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At Marc Strauss, Lower East Side: Otis Jones, Red Oxide with Blue Circle, 2020, acrylic on linen, 36 x 36 x 4 inches diameter and depth. Exhibition is up through April 18
Side view below
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Cordy Ryman: Constellations, at Freight & Volume, Lower East Side
Exhibition up through April 4
Detail below
Another wall of works
Detail below
Also from the exhibition, but no info available (app 60 x 60 inches)
Detail below
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Sharon Butler: Morning in America at Theodore Art, Bushwick. Exhibition has closed (and gallery is moving to Tribeca)
Above, left wall viewed from the entry: November 19; Favorite-April 17, 2019; May 29, 2018; Mueller Report (January 11, 2017), all oil on canvas
Favorite-April 17, 2019, 2019, oil on canvas, 52 x 42 inches
Detail below
Right wall viewed from the entry, with a selection of works shown below
March 8, 2020, 2021, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
May 9, 2019, 2020, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
February 13, 2019, 2020, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 inches
September 26, 2019, 2020, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches
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