Tag: abstract art

Brendan Fowler at Untitled Gallery

Brendan Fowler will show his ‘crashed’ photographs, for which he meticulously merges framed photographs into what looks like the disastrous results of careless art shipping, in MoMA’s ‘New Photography’ showcase in Sept.  In the meantime, his solo show on the LES at Untitled Gallery ups the ante in terms of destruction and obfuscation as Fowler covers the photos and their frames with purple or black silkscreens.  (Through June 16th).  

Brendan Fowler, Shipper in Jail – Something Something Adris Hoyos Something, silkscreen on archival inkjet prints, silkscreen on frames, plexi, 2013.

Tim Bavington at Jack Shainman Gallery

Las Vegas-based artist Tim Bavington has painted geometric, abstract canvases which translate musical notes into lines of color for years.  Recent paintings on view at Jack Shainman Gallery’s new 24th Street location were inspired by The Who’s Quadrophenia album and let loose from his usual grid in swirling flowers of color.  Too much like computerized music visualizations? (Through June 29th)  

Tim Bavington, 5:15, synthetic polymer on canvas, 2013.

Ellsworth Kelly at Matthew Marks Gallery

Exhibitions at three of Matthew Marks’ Chelsea galleries celebrate American art legend Ellsworth Kelly’s 90th birthday (which occurred earlier this week).  The vibrant ‘Gold with Orange Reliefs’ is luxurious and organic, evoking lush fruits or a splendid sunrise.  (Through June 29.  This painting is at the 502 West 22nd Street location.)  

Ellsworth Kelly, Gold with Orange Reliefs, oil and canvas and wood, three joined panels, 2013.

Richard Nonas at James Fuentes

In the late 60s, Richard Nonas was working as an anthropologist when he had an epiphany in the park one day while playing with his dog.  Picking up pieces of wood, he was struck by their relationship to each other and began a career in making sculpture whose construction was plain to see but which resulted in what he calls an ‘unexpected inexplicable result.’ (At James Fuentes on the Lower East Side through  April 21st).  

Richard Nonas, Untitled (from the Cherrytree Split Series), cherry wood, 2012.

Erica Love & Joao Enxuto, ‘Anonymous Painting’ in ‘The Skin We’re In’ at Yossi Milo Gallery

Erica Love & Joao Enxuto, from the series Anonymous Paintings, inkjet print on cotton canvas, 2012.
Erica Love & Joao Enxuto, from the series Anonymous Paintings, inkjet print on cotton canvas, 2012.

Can abstract art be used as a tool to resist Google’s efforts to map the world’s every nook and cranny?  Using screen grabs from Google Art Project’s museum walk-throughs, Brooklyn-based artists Erica Love and João Enxuto have launched a ‘counter archive’ of blurred images that have been obscured for copyright reasons. As large inkjet prints on cotton panels instead of tiny rectangles on a computer screen, they have a shimmering depth that recalls the 60s ‘Light & Space’ movement while pioneering a new medium somewhere between photography, installation and virtual art. (Love and Enxuto’s ‘Anonymous Paintings’ are included in ‘The Skin We’re In’ at Yossi Milo Gallery through August 31st.)