In Juan Iribarren’s paintings, objects are subject to changing climates, seasons, and hours in a day, and the work is a poetic transcription of such atmospheric shifts.
Author Archives: Patrick Neal
Patrick Neal is a painter, freelance art writer and longtime resident of Long Island City. www.patrickneal-art.com.
Ominous and Uplifting Paintings that Dance with Death
Emilia Olsen uses the Death and the Maiden allegory as a provocative metaphor for artistic sustenance and renewal.
How an Artist’s Activism Nurtured His Painting
This exhibition is a ten-year survey concentrating on Peter Krashes’s paintings that emerged in an almost symbiotic relationship with his political involvement as a community organizer.
Listening to Anonymous Confessions in an Art Gallery
In a project by Gideon Jacobs and Gregor Hochmuth, visitors to Deli Gallery can pick up a phone and hear the confessions of strangers.
Artworks Woven on the Loom and in Looping Video
Deep Time at Radiator Arts finds artists exploring the formal ties between textile and digital art.
Paintings that Praise the Paradises of Bohemia
Thomas Trosch’s paintings at Fredericks & Freiser Gallery recall idyllic settings from movie musicals.
Figurative Painting That’s Emphatically Human
New York City galleries are raining down a smattering of group shows that showcase figurative painting.
Philosophical Paintings that Bare Their Process
Most artists I know are aware of the painter Sharon Butler, not because she’s an overhyped art star, but because of her reputation as a serious, feet-on-the-ground, working artist.
The Cool Conceptualism of Artworks at Absolute Zero
Freezing temperature, as it affects a subject’s kinetic energy, serves as a potent metaphor for this show.
Painting Everday Objects in All Their Glory
Painting reached a turning point with Paul Cézanne wherein a picture would no longer be conceived simply as a window onto the world with the artist at a remove from the act of creating.
The Twisted Delights of Abject Art
During the summer, as Labor Day approaches and people flee the city for vacation, Ferris wheels and circus tents can be seen in the distance announcing the arrival of fairs across the counties.
An Antidote to the Art Fairs: Open Studios in Long Island City
A five–day celebration of the arts in Long Island City got underway on Wednesday and will continue through Sunday night.