(From Artsy) Adeyemi (b. 1991, Nigeria) is a Neo-traditional artist living and working in Lagos. His mixed-media practice transforms materials such as pallet wood, fabric, leather, aluminum cans, and paper into layered compositions that balance figurative and abstract elements. Drawing on African motifs, symbols, and patterns, Adeyemi’s work explores themes of history, folklore, and personal and political narratives (and is not all abstract).
#joshuaadeyemi
who has been mentioned on this blog many times (in their capacity as a writer) is showing at Ptolemy with Larry and Michele. There definitely recognizable shapes in their work.
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#adamsimon
is in Slip with Barbara*. Her recent work stems from using irregularly shaped remnants of dyed leather as raw material. She interweaves spectrums of them, pulling strips taut as she attaches them to stretcher bars with upholstery tacks. The narrowing and curving of the pieces warp the grid and pull colors through in unexpected ways.
* yes below is the image I posted yesterday with my blog on Barbara so hit the link above
#oliviabaldwin
is one half of Slip at Overlap (with Olivia Baldwin*). She is particularly drawn to and work within the themes of landscape, femininity, and beauty.
*Two Coats published a conversation between Barbara and Olivia in the context of their exhibit
#barbaraowens
UPDATE apologies to Barbara for initially publishing a post with an image incorrectly attributed to her
was interviewed recently by Noah Becker, founder and writer at Whitehot Magazine, in the context of his newest in London at Massimo de Carlo.
#peterschuyff
No one who regularly reads this blog will be surprised to see Sharon’s name, but perhaps surprised for me to blog about her. I have of course (before today), originally in 2020, as I was first discovering my favorite blogazine, when she juried/curated The Daily. The second image below is from a series of paintings that she was making at the time based on very quick sketches she was doing on her phone. The work for me was a step beyond provisional painting, and had a sincerity and love for materials that is lacking in that group. As a creative focused on the active faith it takes to produce in a time after Art has died, while holding the contradiction that it is likely a pointless activity, really resonated, and still does.
Sharon has started off 2026 with a couple of very interesting projects-one at McBride Dillman* and another at CLEA RSKY – so I wanted to update my flowers for her.
*from the gallery- “Sharon Butler’s “new casualism” takes up the incomplete, the provisional, and the unfinished as meaningful categories. Her paintings challenge the authority of polish and perfection, foregrounding process as a form of truth-telling.”
#sharonbutler
I was surprised to find I’ve never noted Peter, probably because he’s often the source of a good Two Coats article rather than the subject (Jonathan covers his newest at Nancy Hoffman calling them “portals and vortexes”).
#peterplagens
I first became aware of Tillyer’s work when I stepped into Bernard Jacobson’s booth at the 2020 iteration of the Armory Show, which is also when I learned that Jon Yau called William the most adventurous artist of our time. That’s high praise indeed considering he’s a contemporary of David Hokney, Howard Hodgkin and Richard Hamilton. Yes that’s means this blog is year another refresh.
Grace Palmer did a nice review of The Watering Place at Jacobson last Fall about “the Art world’s misunderstood beauty.”
#williamtillyer
catches the eye of Jacob at Two Coats for her newest with Lucas Blalock (not an abstractionist) at Bureau, including below (which is collaged, and also quite different from the rest of her works in the show).
#juliarommel
I first blogged about Hedda in early 2020 because I was so over the moon to see MOMA give Hedda her due in their (at the time) new gallery reconfiguration. Hedda has a prominent place in Art History as the only woman Artist featured in Nina Leen’s iconic Life Magazine photograph of the New York Abstract Expressionist group’s “membership” (below).
Jason at Two Coats has words about the recent Dreamscapes at Van Doren Wexter.
I am continually in awe of the #9thstreetwomen* and their truly Modernist commitment to artistic practice- they always made work, even as their male counterparts (and spouses!) stole the limelight. *Speaking of the now well known tome, enjoy this interview (YouTube video in link) with author Mary Gabriel (I know I will).
#heddasterne
My favorite Art critic is at it again. John Yau recently visited a (posthumous) exhibit of Edward’s work.
(If you like below check out Susanna)
#edwardzutrau
Isensee is an NC-born painter. Riad at Whitehot notes his newest at Miles McEniry.
I first blogged about their work early on (2018!), and att I made a note about how Neo-Geo almost ruined abstract painting (Warren has been making work since the 80’s- here is something from 2001) and that to my eye their practice is committed to formalism (writing that his work is too insistent on being seen to be a sign for some conceptual “agenda”).
#warrenisensee
Painting After Art is Dead 