{"id":836,"date":"2009-03-05T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T17:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=836"},"modified":"2011-07-31T12:10:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T17:10:44","slug":"erik-lindman-house-wine-house-music-at-va-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/05\/erik-lindman-house-wine-house-music-at-va-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Lindman, “House Wine, House Music” at V&A Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Erik Lindman, "17 days, 17 long nights...but slow," 2008. Photograph courtesy of V&A Gallery, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erik Lindman can\u2019t make up his mind to play it straight as an abstract painter or follow a conceptual path. And who can blame him? At age 23, he still has time to mull things over, though three moody canvases in his gallery debut are a cut above the other ephemeral objects on display. Colorful and complex, they\u2019re enough to add him to a growing cadre of young painters reinvigorating abstraction.<\/p>\n

A small photo\u2014of a storefront window covered with torn notices and paint smudges\u2014is the show\u2019s Rosetta stone, directing viewers to look for evidence that the paintings were also added to over time. Lindman pays homage to those who came before him (Pat Steir, Jasper Johns), but he\u2019s so intent on leaving traces of the significant labor put into each canvas that they\u2019re in danger of looking overly manipulated.<\/p>\n

Lindman\u2019s inspirations are interior and graphic design, and while he\u2019s careful to mask them, at least one add-on to the show tips his hand: A curvy wicker stool sitting before a painting in which the combination of circular motif with green-yellow haze creates a sense of intrigue. In the best piece, an expanse of ugly brown gives way to a triangular, rippled pattern of color, as if a subway poster had been torn away to reveal what was underneath. Rich with association, Lindman\u2019s paintings don\u2019t need their sources to be spelled out. They allow the pleasure of looking to be the final word.<\/p>\n

Originally published in Time Out New York, February 26 – March 4, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Erik Lindman can\u2019t make up his mind to play it straight as an abstract painter or follow a conceptual path. And who can blame him? At age 23, he still has time to mull things over, though three moody canvases in his gallery debut are a cut above the other ephemeral objects on display. Colorful … <\/p>\n

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