What was it that launched our own painting out of the issues of abstract expressionism? For me, it always means making paintings that are event-driven, something where you’re looking for an image that will emerge out of the painting process itself. A discussion of Re-Irascibles: Theodoros Stamos and John Zinsser, an exhibition at Graham Gallery […]

“It felt like a discovery for me—and I liked the idea of a kind of cyclical studio process where the object and subject get conflated.” Erin O’Keefe discusses a photograph from her series, “The Flatness.” © Erin O’Keefe. The Flatness #11, 2013, Inkjet print on matte rag paper. Image courtesy of the artist. This photograph […]

To aim for a more complete expression of reality is not at odds with abstraction. Reality in abstract painting exists where what is seen impacts the body physically… Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-81 (Phillips Collection, Washington D.C). Included under the fair use exemption. (Click to enlarge) Renoir’s vision for painting was as […]

“…[M]y work has always been concerned with a physical relationship with the body and how the body negotiates the world and receives a painting – through movement,” Joan Waltemath said in conversation with painter Gordon Moore. Joan Waltemath’s paintings and drawings proceed from a deep understanding of how the body engages art—how their surfaces trigger […]

It doesn’t matter if it is painting, sculpture, drawing or photography. They all unravel in time. The work is about temporality and ways to relate to it. A durational temporality that is exposed to light. Nazafarin Lotfi, papier-mâché and wood, 2015. © Nazafarin Lotfi. Courtesy of the artist. I am drawn to sculpture as a […]

“the vast majority of us were off somewhere with someone in a dark corner doing godknowswhat” As teenagers, our first encounters with poetry had profound impact. While editing Please Excuse This Poem, an anthology of contemporary poetry curated with young adults in mind, we were constantly reminded of the power of poetry to change, enrich, […]