sterlingsart

#pablopalezuelo

Thomas Downing

Was at the Mint a while back where there is a nice painting by Thomas, who I learned later told Sam that the Washington Color School painting wasn’t about what was being written by Greenberg.

#thomasdowning

Wols

After blogging about Bram I decided I should brush up on Tachisme. Which leads one to (among others) Wols.

(From above- Tachisme “is often considered to be the European equivalent to abstract expressionism, although there are stylistic differences (American abstract expressionism tended to be more “aggressively raw” than tachisme). It was part of a larger postwar movement known as Art Informel (or Informel), which abandoned geometric abstraction in favour of a more intuitive form of expression, similar to action painting.“)

#wols

Jon Elliot

Like Vicki and Melissa, Jon has a nice piece in proust.

#jonelliot

Vicki Sher

Two Coats gallery guide is invaluable (support them). And if you live in NYC go see Vicki’s piece in proust at Platform Project Space.

#vickisher

Felipe Pantone

Not hard to see why Juxtapoz wanted to cover Felipe’s newest.

#felipepantone

Torkwase Dyson

has new work up at NOMA (through the end of the year) that examines the legacy of plantation economies and their relationship to the environmental and infrastructural issues of our current age.

#torkwasedyson

Leonardo Drew

Leonardo Drew is a contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He creates sculptures from natural materials and through processes of oxidation, burning, and decay, Drew transforms these objects into massive sculptures that critique social injustices and the cyclical nature of existence.

I saw one at the Perez in Miami a few years ago and was blown away.

#leonardodrew

Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) was the baby of abstract expressionism. Youngest of his generation’s greats, he was also the most literate, the most eloquent, and the most fully reflective of the movement’s diverse roots in European modernism, including not only surrealism but also Matisse.

Probably the most political, too.

#robertmotherwell

J.Au.Floyd

Recent IG hashtag find. J says they are “blackness abstracted.” As a creative who is “still learning” I can’t wait to see where his work goes!

#jaufloyd

Kevin Beasley

Glad to know that academia has mostly been doing a good job recognizing significant #blackartists- most of the creatives featured in Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art at BMA earlier this year weren’t new to me. Glad to “discover” Kevin’s work.

#kevinbeasley