Oct 4, 2019 | Contemporary, Uncategorized
Martin Kippenberger, Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1988, oil on canvas, 94 1/2 x 78 3/4 in., Private collection, © Estate Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne In February of 2017 when I returned to painting, a particular work by Martin Kippenberger arrived...
Jul 5, 2018 | Contemporary, Modern, Uncategorized
Maria Lassnig, Woman Laocoon (Woman Laocoön), 1976. Oil on canvas, 193 x 127 cm While researching paintings of snakes for a recent body of work, I was reminded of Maria Lassnig’s painting entitled Woman Laocoön, 1976. For nearly seventy years, Lassnig, an Austrian...
May 28, 2018 | Contemporary, Uncategorized
Hans Hartung, T1983-E20, 1983, Acrylic on canvas, 55 7/8 x 70 7/8 inches Hans Hartung was born in 1904 in Leipzig Germany; he died in 1989 in Antibes in the south of France. I recently had the pleasure of a studio visit by friend and peer David Ebony. Besides giving...
Apr 23, 2018 | Contemporary, Uncategorized
Catherine Murphy, Bathroom Sink, 1994, Oil on canvas, 51 ½ x 44 inches, Image courtesy of Peter Freeman I used to just say all representational painting is narrative. But I think it is all narrative, and I think form can be subject. –Catherine Murphy For 70...
Aug 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Piero della Francesca, Flagellation of Christ, 1455-1460, Oil and tempera on panel, 23 x 32.1 inches As an artist who has concentrated on using nude figures as the main design elements in his compositions for the past six decades, I consciously went against the...
