Nick Naber: Recent Paintings on Paper @ The Java Project

by Scott Robinson

April 28th, 2018

Nick Naber’s paintings at the Java Project bring to mind city plans, brutalist architecture, transistors, and microscopic crystal structures. Lines and shapes are straight, angular, and tightly controlled. Contradicting isometric perspectives build a three dimensional space that leaves the engaged viewer disoriented. Forms intrude sharply from above, below, and at differing angles. They obstruct the ground and...

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Line and Verse @ Andréhn-Schiptjenko

by Anna Sörenson

February 26th, 2018

“Line and Verse” at Gallery Andrén- Schiptjeko, Stockholm, Sweden, is a rare kind of exhibition. Although it’s in a commercial gallery, the show here features a crowd of whom it does not represent even one—an all American crowd at that. The other rare thing is that...

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Pass/Fail @ Ortega y Gasset Projects

by Meredith Hoffheins

May 13th, 2016

I associate the term Pass/Fail with school classes that don’t always have to be taken seriously to result in success. They’re usually less stressful and may involve some clowning. The artists in Pass/Fail, curated by Will Hutnick, have applied this stance towards representation in different ways. Their light hearted approach...

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Hankerings

@ Morgan Lehman and Mulherin

by Scott Robinson

May 11th, 2016

A vast swath of visual ground was broken a century ago, leading to an explosive growth of new forms in art. Many young artists are looking back to Cubism, Fauvism, German Expressionism, and various related movements. They're building on these pioneering visual achievements and  creating a fresh diversity of expression...

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