Archives: Contemporary
Barbara Friedman on Merging and the “Extreme Middle”
He makes the “I” out to be “a resting zone … a meeting place.”
Sean McDonough on Steve DiBenedetto
The piece is an exquisite consciousness enhancer.
Raoul Middleman on Lockdown with Velazquez and Art as Play
Raoul Middleman, Recent sketch The Pandemic has shut down museums and for the time being we've lost that kind of first hand visceral experience we get looking at art. I already miss the oomph and goop of oil paint escaping from the pores of the canvas: brushed,...
Camilla Fallon on the Intimate in Isolation
I thought of the Intimists… and how they make ordinary objects, including cats, absolutely transcendent.
Maria Porges on Looking for the Lodestar
I have everything I need, except the lodestar that has gotten me this far, in a life that has revolved around art.
Anne Harris on Nowinski and Williams: Looking In and Out
These two artists represent my dilemma: private vs. public, personal vs. political.
Peter Williams on George Floyd and Art Not in Isolation
I never felt in isolation; there was a life I needed to address.
Ellen Harvey on the Disappointed Tourist | Art in Isolation
It was intended as an exploration of nostalgia, to create a conversation across many different types of loss.
Judy Glantzman on Obituaries and Shadows | Art in Isolation
I have been painting portraits from obituaries on poured plaster/acrylic plaques since the pandemic began.
Letters from Helen O’Leary | Art in Isolation
While googling ‘how to fertilize tree peonies and will they grow in the shade’ I for a minute linger on the Washington Post main page and get enough in two seconds to know the world is bad.
Haley Josephs on Alice Neel
I felt the awkward little girl in me stirring, a sense of vulnerability recognized and transformed into a different kind of power by this painting.
Mariel Herring on Chuta Kimura
Imagine if de Kooning and Matisse painted a landscape together, and maybe Bonnard was their professor/mentor? That’s ya boi Kimura.