Contributed by Laurie Fendrich / The works in Uncharted: American Abstraction in the Information Age are, for all their reliance on what we call “technology,” […]
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Catalogue Essay: Aubrey Levinthal at Nancy Margolis
Contributed by Samantha Mitchell / In his definition of heterotopia (of which utopia and dystopia are types), Michel Foucault writes about the mirror as an […]
Jennifer Riley’s Machine Series paintings
Contributed by Sharon Butler / When Brooklyn artist Jennifer Riley began making large-scale abstract paintings using discarded laser-cut pieces of steel, she connected with a […]
Exhibition essay: Sarah Sentilles on Nancy Bowen at Kentler International Drawing Space
Contributed by Sarah Sentilles / Nancy Bowen calls herself an “artistic archaeologist,” and in her exhibition “For Each Ecstatic Instant,” you can see the fragments […]
In transition: Regina Bogat in the 1990s
After exploring hard-edge abstraction and unconventional materials for decades, Regina Bogat began incorporating a more gestural approach into her work. These paintings, made in the 1990s, are on view at […]
Catalogue essay: Raphael Rubinstein on Drew Shiflett
Raphael Rubinstein wrote the following essay, “Eccentric Modularity,” on the occasion of Drew Shiflett’s elegant solo show of new collage pieces, on view through June 30, […]
Thomas Micchelli on Cordy Ryman
Note: This essay, written by artist and art writer Thomas Micchelli, originally appeared in the catalogue for “Free Fall,” Cordy Roman‘s 2017 solo show at Tower […]
Gregory Amenoff: Inside and Out
Contributed by Stephen Westfall / American abstraction was born in the landscape. Arthur Dove and Georgia O�Keeffe seem to have got there before anyone else, […]
Catalogue essay: Kirsten Swenson on Peter Soriano’s Permanent Maintanence
Kirsten Swenson originally wrote this catalogue essay for Permanent Maintenance, Peter Soriano‘s wall drawing project, on view through August 21, 2016, at the Colby College […]
Raoul De Keyser: The loss of certainty
“Drift,” the sublime Raoul De Keyser exhibition on view at David Zwirner through April 23, was organized around a group of 22 small paintings known […]
Catalogue essay: Raphael Rubinstein on Gary Stephan
Raphael Rubinstein originally wrote this essay for Gary Stephan‘s solo exhibition, on view through April 23, 2016, at Susan Inglett. / Some paintings pick arguments […]
Catalogue essay: Robert Storr on Elena Sisto
UPDATE: On Saturday, April 2, at 2 pm, Elena Sisto and Tom Burckhardt, who has a solo show opening at Gregory Lind in San Fransisco […]
Catalogue essay: Robert Storr on Rick Briggs
Robert Storr originally wrote the following catalogue essay about Rick Briggs‘s unusual paintings, and he has graciously allowed Two Coats of Paint to republish it. […]
Lisa Beck: A Set of Glances, of Extended Duration, Perpetually
The following essay by Bob Nickas was originally published in Lisa Beck’s new monograph, The Middle of Everywhere / The exhibition “The Four Corners of […]
Mailbox: Don Porcaro’s shape of play
I get a slew of exhibition catalogs in the mail, so I’ve decided to feature some of the more interesting ones in a column called […]
