Lastly, the third grouping
of paintings in the exhibition stand void of any figure at all, giving in whole - heartedly to the mobility and flux of the more abstract qualities of Jones» work.
In contrast, Door View, 2005, also a triptych and one of the largest
paintings in the exhibition at just over 7 x 9 feet, starkly depicts the studio as if abandoned with bare whitewalls and the door left ajar.
According to art historian Jane Livingston, Diebenkorn saw both Matisse
paintings in an exhibition in Los Angeles in 1966, and they had an enormous impact on him and his work.
I have been calling the new
paintings in the exhibition from 2014 gifts... quirky, odd, slightly raunchy and hopefully very joyfully and gaily painted presents sent back in time with the following note:
In August 1889, Conder, along with Roberts, Streeton, Frederick McCubbin and Charles Douglas Richardson, showed 183 examples of their Impressionist
landscape painting in an exhibition at Buxton Galleries, Swanston Street, Melbourne.
Titles of certain
paintings in the exhibition tell their own story: Serpentine (1982), Towards Crab Island (1983), Jetty (1983), Alluviumwold (1985) and Great Thames III (1989), (Great Thames IV is in the Arts Council Collection).
Other
paintings in the exhibition depict obscure machines, whose enigmatic presence appears foreboding in the context of the toddlers and suggests an element of scientific experimentation.
Geniuses of
American painting in the exhibition include Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Rockwell Kent, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Grandma Moses, Jacob Lawrence, Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, and Mark Rothko.
Although Don Nice is best known for his depictions of contemporary American culture such as candies, soda bottles and branded sneakers, the early watercolor and
oil paintings in this exhibition stem from the artist's upbringing on an open range and his love of nature.
The
first painting in this exhibition that shows clearly where Mr. Hendricks was headed is a head - and - shoulders portrait of a young African - American soldier, whose olive - green helmet and shirt harmonize with the bright - green background.
The painting reflects on the political climate during the time the Bauhaus was in operation - the 1920's and 30's, and serves as a framework through which to consider the other
paintings in the exhibition which depict places evoking authoritarianism, globalism, the rise of right - wing populism, and locusts of power.
Dan Colen's trash
painting in the exhibition Group Shoe curated by Joe Bradley, on show until June 30th at Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 620 Greenwich Street, NY 10014, New York.
One of the
best paintings in the exhibition, «Helm I» («Helmet I»), from 1970, shows a large green helmet above a dark green shrouded form, painted with flat distemper.
In Time Out New York, Jennifer Coates reports that the four large
paintings in the exhibition look like they could be representing imaginary places, but they are in fact based on news photos from the Internet.
Two
paintings in the exhibition feature Buzz Lightyear and Woody, computer - animated stars of the 1995 film Toy Story, while two others include a helix logo made of colored pixels, a new icon of the kind now familiar from computer screens and handheld devices.
This is especially effective in «Blue Swimmers,» one of my
favorite paintings in the exhibition, where it is impossible to determine the extent to which the water is submerging the slightly darker, blue - skinned figures, some of whom are standing, while others are swimming.
The big,
playful paintings in this exhibition, from Dexter Dalwood's fantasy landscape mash - ups to David Salle's postmodern explosions of thought and colour, could just as easily be painted on a wall in London or Cairo as on canvas.