Recent Paintings Posts + Forthcoming Essays

This blog is not dead. Despite a lack of updates over the past few months, I have been seeing amazing things, most notably, the Michael Jackson Fan Festival this past December and Mark Bradford’s retrospective at SFMOMA and YBCA, including a reunion with Mithra (now rightly renamed Detail).  Post are forthcoming but delayed.  In the meantime, here are some recent New American Paintings post for those that have not already seen:

Interview with Seattle artist Ben Waterman

Reconsidering the mirage, in light of the James Harris show of the same name

Review of Denzil Hurley and Robert Storr’s show on view at Francine Seders Gallery

Claire Cowie | Treehouse no. 2, 2012. gouache, ink, graphite, sumi color and collage on paper, 41 ¾” x 29 ¾.” From "Mirage" at James Harris Gallery.

New American Paintings Blog: Sarah Awad and Storm Tharp

I review Sarah Awad’s commentaries in museum space and the space Storm Tharp creates through an unlikely pairing of figurative and abstracted works on the New American Paintings Blog.

Storm Tharp: Nosebleed, 2011, Ink, Fabric Dye on Stretched Paper, two panels 84” x 33 ¾” Image courtesy of James Harris Gallery.

New American Paintings Blog: Mad Homes Q & A

Mad Homes, the spectacle-filled, mixed bag, out-in-the-world installation on Seattle’s Capitol Hill closes this Saturday.  My write up and interview with participating artist Ryan Molenkamp about the process of working on this project is on New American Paintings blog.

Mad Homes installation view, image by Bryan Ohno.

New American Paintings Blog: Kimberly Trowbridge’s Studio

I visit Seattle painter Kimberly Trowbridge’s lush retreat, in the unassuming neighborhood of Top Hat, for the latest post in the “Artist vs. Studio” series.

Kimberly Trowbridge, Plantlife, Oil on Canvas, 2010, 60 x 68 in. Image courtesy of the artist.