Oct 28, 2020 | Contemporary, Modern
“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.” – Edgar Degas The crucial words here may be “no longer.” This implies that Degas knew at one point, or thought he knew, a way of working that he subsequently came to question. This...
Sep 20, 2020 | Alone Together, Contemporary
I get up very early in the morning. Feed the cats, fish and tortoises. Make my first cup of coffee. With my cup in hand, I tour my “collection” of art acquired over the years. I read somewhere that Frick would wake in the middle of the night to roam his collection...
Aug 27, 2020 | Alone Together, Contemporary
The material act of painting is, for me, a conversation with the past, that contends with the material present (it has to be made), and future — all the possibilities each painting opens up. I am critical of these simultaneous understandings, their complicated...
Aug 15, 2020 | Alone Together, Contemporary, Uncategorized
I’ve noticed in myself and among my friends that keeping yourself locked up at home encourages every kind of rumination, especially on the condition of being alone and what it was like to be around other people and when that might happen again. So it’s not surprising...
Jul 19, 2020 | Alone Together, Contemporary
Steve DiBenedetto, REworked, 2019-2020, Oil on linen, 25 x 19 inches In April, John Yau wrote a piece for Hyperallergic on Steve DiBenedetto’s work during isolation: “What Do Artists Need to Make Their Work?” Everything looked fantastic in situ. I wanted more and,...
Jul 12, 2020 | Alone Together, Contemporary
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,...
