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The Impurities of Pure Abstraction
David Diao uses Barnett Newman as a sounding board to explore his own fascination with the artist and the contradictory legacies of modernism.
John Yau
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In His Final Works, Brice Marden Found Freedom
The artist, who passed away this year, finally let go of his desire for control and perfection without surrendering his self-imposed restraints.
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Steve DiBenedetto’s Art Embraces Incoherence
I can think of few other artists who, through the process of painting, are willing to place their work in jeopardy by denying the viewer a definition or resolution.
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John Rogers Cox’s Somber Clouds
As beautifully controlled as his paintings are, they also present a ghastly vision of the world.
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What to Do With Our Anger?
In painting, Gandy Brodie could find moments of beauty and defenselessness, as well as the endurance and will to survive, despite a difficult life.
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Sean Scully Goes Down a Rabbit Hole
By introducing his motifs into a children’s story, and avoiding any sense of self-importance, Scully reveals another side of himself.
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An Italian Artist Who Took On American Capitalism
Mario Schifano moved nimbly among different modes and never settled into a style, which sets him apart from many of his contemporaries.
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Jim Nutt's Art Deserves a Closer Look
By choosing the unforgiving surface of toothed paper and making irrevocable marks, Nutt enters a territory few American artists have dared to go.
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The Infinite, Never-Released Scream
Asako Tabata presents a stark, unsettling vision of a society in which women have little chance to achieve autonomy.
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What Did the Lion Tell the Tiger?
While Wu Junyong is deeply connected to his love of Chinese myths, folktales, and language, his subjects underscore his break with the past.
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How Blaise Cendrars Blazed a Trail Into Modernity
He integrated the language of advertising and journalism into his poetry, and was influenced by the rapid tempo of jazz.
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Painting Between the Machine and the Hand
For more than three decades, Lydia Dona has generated enigmatic abstractions that join together legible and indecipherable parts.