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Philip Guston: The In-Between Years at Hauser and Wirth
To begin with, intense satisfaction. We knew he got from point A to point B and now we know how and can confirm it by checking the dates to figure out the progression. […]
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Eisenman-ia at The New Museum
And yet. And yet, Eisenman is a terrific painter, full of invention, so much to look at, so much to argue with and and talk about. This genre of historical painting, maybe it is the […]
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Jennifer Bartlett and Me
Now on top of everything else, Jennifer Bartlett is painting my paintings for me. As I learned courtesy of Raggedy Ann’s Foot (*) a couple weeks ago—do you see? And it pained me. Fearing […]
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What’s Behind the Papered-over Windows at Outlet Gallery: NSFW | Male Nudes by Female Painters
OK, the women are finally getting their day, turning the objectifying tables and whatnot, and now we’re going to see some female subtlety and range of emotion. However, when I take a hard look (haha), […]
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CNQ draws Deborah Brown at Art 3
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“Nice Weather” on the Upper East Side at Skarstedt
I was considering going to the Met Breuer “Unfinished…” when I walked into “Nice Weather”, and that is probably why I started wondering if these paintings were finished. The Met has pitched a curveball at […]
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“Darkness of My Life”, too. George Condo in “Nice Weather” at Skarstedt Gallery
Do you ever experience a dream that’s like falling down steps in the dark? And one time I fell off a country road down a wooded hill because I was looking at the moon, which […]