Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Art Fair Reports

Each of these links will bring you to my multi-post coverage of one of the art fairs listed:

Barbara Gallucci at Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, at Miami Project, 2013

Fair Fetched: Miami, 2015

Fair and Loathing: Miami 2014

Fair Well: Miami 2013

Fair Game: Miami 2012
Fair Play: Miami 2011

Fair Enough: Miami 2010
Armory Week: New York City 2010
Fair and Fair Alike: Miami 2009
Armory Week in New York: 2009
Fair Weather: Miami: 2008
Fair Factor: Miami: 2007
All's Fair: Miami: 2006

Recently published: AAA Journal

American Abstract Artists, the legendary New York-based organization founded in 1936, continues into the 21st century with exhibitions, talks, and journals. We have just published "Past/Present: American Abstract Artist Members Honor Their Predecessors," in which 32 current members write about past members--including Sam Gilliam, Marcia Hafif, Lee Krasner, and Piet Mondrian--who have inspired them or whose work they admire. The 86-page book is available for purchase as a hard copy, but it's also viewable online at no charge. Click pic to view the volume

JUST PUBLISHED!

ITALIANITÀ: CONTEMPORARY ART INSPIRED BY THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE has just been published: 59 artists, each with four pages that include a personal narrative and full-page images of fabulous work; a scholarly foreword by Dr. Joseph Sciorra; and an illustrated essay by me that contextualizes the contribution of each artist. Cover image: Detail of a painting by John Avelluto. Book design by Karen Freedman At a time when ethnicity and cultural legacy are part of the art world conversation, ITALIANITÀ makes a relevant contribution. Click pic for more info and a list of the artists.

The First Contemporary Book on Encaustic Painting . . .

. . . and still the best! My book, "The Art of Encaustic Painting," was published by Watson-Guptill in 2001. It's the first commercially published book on contemporary encaustic. There are three sections: history, with images of the famed Greco-Egyptian Fayum portraits; a gallery of contemporary painting and sculpture (including the work of Jasper Johns, Kay WalkingStick, Heather Hutchison, Johannes Girardoni and myself), and technical information, including an interview with Michael Duffy, a conservator at the Museum of Modern Art. Click onto Amazon.com to order