Jane Irish’s work offers an archive of painterly traditions juxtaposed with horrific acts of violence driven by the moneyed class.
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When Abstraction Exploded in Form and Meaning
Can non-representational art reflect social change?
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Clean Lines and Calm in a Time of Unrest
The exhibition “Shofuso and Modernism” presents a synthesis of International Style and Japanese craft traditions.
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Embracing Mortality in the Face of Big Tech’s Domination
Ben Gocker isn’t yearning to be released from the impermanence of his body. His work shows his acceptance of nostalgia and melancholy.
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Finding Intimacy in the Immensity of Infinity
In Intimate Immensity at PAFA, touch, materiality, the sensual, and the subversive are part of a feminist lineage.
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A Painter With a Purpose
In Evan Fugazzi’s paintings we are given the pleasure of experiencing how each color helps to define the others.
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An Artist’s Summary of the World
Rina Banerjee’s work is a melange upon a melange of images, ideas, and information existing in contrast to the fact that we can never know everything.
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Larry Fink Illuminates the Drama of Boxing
Initially uninterested in boxing, Fink became hooked on exploring this world of grand ambitions and human vanity.
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Tal R’s Playfully Skewed Art History
Tal R reminds us that what’s painted is inherently fiction, that the world of a painting is a reality unto itself.
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Recollections of William Corbett
Poet, editor, and art critic William Corbett passed away on August 10th.
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Collaging Together Society’s Ills
Clipping photos and phrases from army recruitment magazines, Theodore A. Harris began his decades-long critique of the relationship between militarism and capitalism.
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Conjuring the Demons and Mysteries of Society through Painting
For Collage as Painting, Kate Abercrombie and Trevor Winkfield look at mysterious, esoteric, and sometimes troubling aspects of everyday life.