For 10 years, artist Abbie Zabar had a ritual: go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and sketch the new floral arrangements adorning the entrance hall.
Still life
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Bruce Kurland’s Unorthodoxy, or ‘Arrangement with Duck’s Skull, Romaine Lettuce, and Migratory Bird Stamp’
Ever since viewing what turned out to be the final solo show of Bruce Kurland (1938-2013), at the Victoria Munroe Gallery in New York City in 1990, I have been haunted by his intimate oil paintings.
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Still Life Mayhem
These days you can’t walk out of the house without tripping over an abstract painting.
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Janet Fish and the Primacy of Perception
Considering the art of the painter Janet Fish, who currently has works spanning fifteen years on display at DC Moore Gallery, I found myself pulling books off the shelf by the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
