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John McCracken

Read an essay by art historian Robin Clark about the work of John McCracken.

#johnmccracken

Ericka Bruno

Saw this in Ericka’s IG feed recently which you should all follow.

#erickabruno

June Edmunds

Is one of the artists featured in Artsy’s Portrayals of Black Community (I first saw her at the last Armory Show)

#juneedmunds

Rachel Strum

Has work in In the Abstract at Hashimoto Contemporary.

#rachelstrum

Bob Hooper

Throughout Bob Hooper’s exhibition of abstract paintings at Regards is a recurring motif: a “circle-square,” to borrow the artist’s term for it. It feels oddly familiar, calling to mind a teardrop, a punctuation mark, a speech bubble, an element of a floor plan, or perhaps even some type of wayfinding marker. And yet, subjected to Hooper’s inversions and manipulations, the circle-square elides any sort of referential comprehension, taking on a life of its own and infusing the show with an unstable, electric energy.
#bobhooper

I have known about Jason Moran’s work as a jazz musician and written about what I see as a major similarity between abstract paintings and jazz (that modality and content are one and the same). Apparently he feels that in some sense, since he makes abstract paintings himself.