Reviews

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...

“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...

The braintrust of Jonald Dudd–Lydia Cambron, Ben Garthus, and Chris Held–are on their second year, and third exhibition with this project. The title is a clear twisting up of the famous minimalist sculptor Donald Judd’s name, and echoes the kind of pot-stirring that this group implements in their curating practice. All three are a mixture of designer and artist, with varied interests and training in both areas. The shows they’ve had...

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...

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...

I imagine waking up on a mundane morning. My schedule is free and nothing is urgent. Before I’m fully awake, dreams fizzle or fragmented memories bubble up. Psychological residue greets me at my return to consciousness. Likewise, The Serpent and Moon

Walking into Land After Time at E. Tay gallery, you might expect a show with a somewhat apocalyptic tone. That’s not exactly what you get. It feels more like visiting an alien civilization’s vacation planet during the off season. There’s no indication...

An intuitive computer program just beat the Korean Go grandmaster. Customer service robots are being developed to replace living workers. One such robot even made the news recently for cheerfully agreeing to “destroy humans”. Considering how more and more people will soon have something in common with John Henry, it feels appropriate to encounter a painting like Ivanco Talevski’s Taking It, where a Borg-like black cube is forcing apart two disjointed rows of teeth...

Drawing for Sculpture at TSA New York is a packed show. The curator, Courtney Puckett, has invited 41 artists to bring elements of their studio practice into the gallery. All except two (Louise Bourgeois and Judith Scott) are living and currently producing work...

I woke up early the Sunday before Thanksgiving to make my virgin voyage to Arts+Leisure, the project space for Chelsea’s Frieght+Volume, located in East Harlem. Seeing the work of Katherine Bradford is always a pleasure...

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