Tag: painter

Katherine Bradford at Canada New York

Pleasure starts to look like panic in Katherine Bradford’s large painting of beach-goers frolicking in turquoise waters when you learn its title, ‘Fear of Waves.’ Themed on swimmers and water, the show’s paintings entice as they demonstrate a range of moods from the ominous to the magical. (At Canada New York on the Lower East Side through Feb 14th).

 Katherine Bradford, Fear of Waves, oil on canvas, 84 x 72 inches, 2015.

Janet Fish at DC Moore Gallery

In the 60s, New York painter Janet Fish reveled in painting reflections she observed on everyday objects and packaged foods. Here, a package of plantains turns mundane supermarket fare into a canvas demonstrating light at play. (At Chelsea’s DC Moore Gallery through Feb 13th).

 Janet Fish, Plantains in a Box, oil on canvas, 44 x 44 inches, 1969.

Jennifer Packer at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

An Artforum critic recently identified a central quality of young New York painter Jennifer Packer’s style by explaining that her paintings capture a ‘state of perpetual becoming.’ In this painting dedicated to the artist’s late college painting instructor, flowers emerge explosively from a shadowy yet brilliant mass, existing as suggestions of color and form. (At Chelsea’s Sikkema Jenkins & Co through Jan 23rd).

Jennifer Packer, Breathing Room, Flowers for Frank Bramblett, oil on canvas, 48 x 29 inches, 2015.

Andy Warhol in ‘Pearlstein/Warhol/Cantor’ at Betty Cunningham

Sixteen years before his solo debut at LA’s Ferus Gallery, Andy Warhol was just another art student at Carnegie Tech. Here, the whimsical character, if not the elegantly wavering line of his later commercial illustrations is prefigured in a student assignment from 1946. (At Betty Cunningham Gallery on the Lower East Side through Feb 13th).

 Andy Warhol, Kids on Swings, tempera on board, 31 x 26 7/8 inches, 1946.

Zhang Hongtu at the Queens Museum of Art

Chinese landscape painting meets Monet’s haystacks in clever cultural hybrids by Queens-based Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu at the Queens Museum. (Through Feb 28th).

 Zhang Hongtu, Monet, Study of Pi Ma Ts’un and Jie So Ts’un, oil on canvas, 2007.