Tag: painting

Peter Schuyff at Mary Boone Gallery

Peter Schuyff gives mid-century modernism a shake with this canvas that adopts a palette of primary colors (a la Mondrian or Dubuffet) and geometric forms and appears to be waving in the air. (At Mary Boone Gallery’s midtown location through Dec 18th).

 Peter Schuyff, Untitled, 79 x 71 inches, oil on linen, 2015.

Holly Coulis at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery

Holly Coulis’s latest paintings feature kitchenware, fruits and foods with a clean-lined graphic sensibility. Strong red outlines and softly glowing orbs of light take the still lives into another realm, however, making the familiar delightfully strange. (At Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery on the Lower East Side through Dec 6th).

 Holly Coulis, Fruit, Pitcher in a Corner, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 inches, 2015.

Mark Bradford at Hauser & Wirth Gallery

LA artist Mark Bradford takes full advantage of his new affiliation with Hauser & Wirth Gallery and their huge gallery space with this piece, titled ‘Waterfall.’ Bradford is known for embedding cords and other materials in his paper-on-canvas artworks; here, he has pulled thick cords away from his ‘paintings,’ bringing the paper with them. Hung over a rafter, the cascade gives new life to action painting. (In Chelsea through Dec 23rd).

 Mark Bradford, Waterfall, mixed media, dimensions variable, 2015.

Jeronimo Elespe at Eleven Rivington

After seeing just a few pieces in Madrid-based painter Jeronimo Elespe’s latest show at Eleven Rivington, it won’t come as a surprise to find out that he paints at night. Figures and interiors materialize out of the darkness; here, a staircase seems to magically end in a pool of reflected light, anchored by a sniffing dog. (On the Lower East Side through Dec 20th.)

 Jeronimo Elespe, Fine, oil on aluminum, 14.96 x 9.84 inches, 2015.

Zhang Huan at Pace Gallery

At 122 feet long, Shanghai-based artist Zhang Huan’s epic painting of Mao surrounded by hundreds of government members and followers forcefully demonstrates the Chinese leader’s power just a short while before the Cultural Revolution began. Created in ash gathered from Buddhist temples, a material Zhang identifies with ‘collective longings, wishes of the people,’ the piece demonstrates the continued sway of history on contemporary life and politics. (At Chelsea’ Pace Gallery through Dec 12th).

 Zhang Huan, June 15, 1964, ash on linen, 9’ 5/16 x 122 ‘ 11/16”, 2013.