Art Review
Stephen Westfall’s Avian Abstractions
Like Charlie "Bird" Parker’s jazz improvisation, the artist's compositions are simultaneously cacophonous and rhythmic.
John Yau
John Yau is an award winning poet, critic, curator, and publisher of Black Square Editions. He has published over 50 books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism.
Guide
Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
The fall art season starts with a bang, with Man Ray at The Met, understated gems like Lisa Corinne Davis at Miles McEnery, and more.
Art Review
Geometric Abstraction in the Age of Disparity
Lisa Corinne Davis has stretched the possibilities of painting into a territory defined by digital systems, algorithms, flow charts, and diagrams.
Guide
New York City and Upstate Shows to See Right Now
Our favorite shows right now address systemic abuses in the US with style and intelligence, but we’re also enjoying some intimate and abstract works.
Art Review
Tim Hawkinson Makes the Ordinary Otherworldly
His recent paintings of everyday life transcend the literal without becoming overtly symbolic; this is the tight rope he walks.
Guide
New York City Shows to See Right Now
Repurposed objects by Kiah Celeste and Yuji Agematsu and re-imagined architecture by feminist architect Phyllis Birkby are among our favorite artworks this week.
Art Review
Xingzi Gu Shows the Vulnerability of Youth
The androgynous adolescents in Gu’s paintings are people who have interior lives but are not always sure which way to go.
Art Review
Five New York City Shows to See Right Now
From ceramic alligators to Nordic traditions, artists focusing on personal concerns and identity are making some fascinating work.
Art Review
Stanley Rosen’s Love-Hate Relationship With Alligators
Consistent throughout Rosen's unglazed alligator sculptures is his ambition to connect the shaping of clay with prehistoric visions.
Feature
Two Artists Capture Australia’s Ecology in a Bird
In presenting the distinct ecological identity of Australia, Peter Sharp and Michelle Cawthorn are landscape artists who don’t show you the landscape.
Art Review
An Artist’s Alluring Paintings About Consumption and Waste
Interested in how consumer society processes food and images, Lori Larusso depicts an increasingly askew consumer-driven world.
Art Review
The Banality of the American Dream
Objects like beds, houses, and diamond rings, and the successful middle-class life they represent, are both desired and stultifying in Suellen Rocca’s art.