I got the cold shoulder today at 303 Gallery. Karel Funk’s (through May 15th) realist works are a sort of portraiture, but his subjects aren’t acknowledging your presence. You know that the works are of people, but in these the figures are only defined by the folds of their jacket and a few stray wisps [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Karel Funk @ 303 Gallery
April 26, 2010
Marina Abramovic @ MOMA
April 15, 2010
In stark contrast to the Tim Burton exhibit at the MOMA, I LOVED the Marina Abramovic exhibit, The Artist is Present (through May 31st, 2010). This is a retrospective of Abramovic’s long career of performance art. Now, how do you do a retrospective of Performance Art? And more importantly, how do you do one well? [...]
Liz Engelhardt @ 571 Projects
April 8, 2010
Yesterday I paid a visit to Sophie Brechu-West at her very own 571 Projects (http://www.571projects.com/). Sadly, I had missed the very successful opening she held last week for her latest show: Silentscapes by Liz Engelhardt, and I couldn’t resist a private viewing. One the whole, the works themselves evoke Impressionism, even being created en plein [...]
Dan Bina@Studio
April 5, 2010
I was lucky enough to go visit Dan Bina’s studio (whom I represent) this past warm Sunday evening, and, of course, it was a fabulous time. He has lovingly devoted an entire room of his Brooklyn apartment to be his studio. It’s currently overflowing with canvases—those completed and those still in progress. There is debris [...]
