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Jasper Johns’s Messengers of Aging and Mortality
In these works, we are looking at a merging of organization and dissipation, an image of our destiny.
Matthew Marks Gallery
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Suellen Rocca Turns an Inward Eye
Rocca's drawings evidence an interior gaze and the working out of psychological states.
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Taking Stock of Painting Today
It is not every day that you can go to Chelsea and see more than 100 paintings by 46 artists within the space of a few blocks.
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The Bewildering Lexicon of Robert Gober
Is Gober taking stock and summing up his life at his latest exhibition at Matthew Marks? If so, he sure is breaking new ground while at it.
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The Unwanted Guest at Modernism’s Table
Martin Barré’s work refutes the American view that painting is something that could be used up — as if it came in a pail rather than a well.
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Overcoming Daily Life with Nayland Blake’s Daily Drawings
In drawing every day for nearly three years, Blake has produced a playful diaristic record of their moods and flights of fancy.
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The Unknowable Ray Johnson
When Ray Johnson killed himself at the age of 67, the air of mystery surrounding his personality, life, and art only thickened.
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The Tactile Temptation of Ray Johnson's Assemblages
Ray Johnson's exhibition at Matthew Marks is proof that the eccentric collage and mail artist's works were never meant for gallery walls.
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Best of 2016: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows
This list barely scratches the surface of the city's artistic offerings this year, from overdue retrospectives to surprising sides of artists we know well.
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Have We Been Misreading Jasper Johns All Along? Part Two
I want to focus on Jasper Johns’s three recent monotypes based on a Vietnam-era photograph of an emotionally shattered soldier, which are included in Jasper Johns: Monotypes at Matthew Marks.
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Have We Been Misreading Jasper Johns All Along? Part One
Perhaps we have all been reading his work too narrowly since his first show at Leo Castelli, more than a half-century ago.
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Best of 2015: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows
Occasionally, we are forced to venture beyond Brooklyn to see art.