Barlowโs sculptures may be abstract, but they feel rife with heads, teeth, legs, and orifices of every stripe.
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Ahead of Midterm Elections, the Art Community Responds to Zoe Leonardโs โI Want a Presidentโ
Participants include artists Edgar Arceneaux and Edgar Heap of Birds, curators Helen Molesworth and Kimberli Meyer, and students from a Prison BA Program at California State Prison, Lancaster.
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Jack Whittenโs Deeply Personal Portraits and Paintings
Whittenโs paintings pay homage to his influences, including artists and close family. He thought of his works as โgiftsโ โ personal dedications that reveal his subjectsโ nuances and edges.
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Jack Whittenโs Newly Published Journals Chronicle a Troubled Path to Success
A new book from Hauser & Wirth compiles five decades of abstract artist Jack Whittenโs personal writings.
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Mark Bradford Appropriates Comic Books and Delves Into the Sublime
Bradfordโs new paintings tell us how much we donโt know.
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Allan Kaprow, Before the Happenings
Considered the Father of the Happening, Kaprow started off as a painter whose work reflected a Cubist-inspired, pre-AbEx aesthetic.
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A Poignant Restaging of a 1978 Italian Performance About Fascism
โEurope Bombarded,โ by Fabio Mauri, draws on the artistโs memories of growing up in Fascist Italy.
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A Romanian Artist Tackles Art and Freedom in Authoritarian Times
Geta Brฤtescuโs work positions the artist as a creator of freedom even in oppressive times.
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Preserving Dieter Rothโs Ephemeral Art
Thereโs a discrepancy between Rothโs relationship with his art โ so much of which was never meant to last โ and its reception by an art establishment that has canonized the late artist.
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Philippe Vandenbergโs Urgent Testimony
At some point in his career, Vandenberg became disgusted with the attention he was getting, and walked away from the work that made him a success.
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When Experimental Music Resonated with Abstract Art
The exhibition includes scores by John Cage and Morton Feldman, paintings by Philip Guston, sculpture and works on paper by Louise Bourgeois and David Smith, and oil paintings by Joan Mitchell.
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An Absurdist Play About Art-Making at Hauser & Wirth
In Asher Hartmanโs play Mr. Akita, artist and performer Cliff Hengst discusses the nature of art with a silent Op art painting by Emily Joyce.