Abstract Painting – Painting After Art is Dead

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.

#jasonmoran

Kerry Irvine

White Hot says Kerry’s newest selection of pandemic era ab-ex are a tribute to beauty’s persistence.
#kerryirvine

Jill Nathanson

Intriguingly titled “Light Phrase,” Jill Nathanson’s current exhibition at Berry Campbell Gallery features luminous planes of crystalline color meeting and overlapping in harmony.

#jillnathanson

Stephen Pusey

Hyperallergic asserts Stephen’s calligraphic abstractions are remarkable.

#stephenpusey

Zhang Wei

Zhang shows at Max Hetzler with Jeff.

#zhangwei

Ragna Bley

shows at Downs & Ross.

#ragnabley

Jeff Elrod

Saw in Artforum that Jeff has new (good) work up at Max Hetzler.

#jeffelrod

Pam Jorden

Saw an image of Pam’s work in Dion‘s IG feed.

#pamjorden

Raoul DeKeyser

David Zwirmer’s IG feed caught my eye with the description of the late, Belgian painter as an “artist’s artist” (they’re currently staging a mini retro in their Hong Kong space.)

#raouldekeyser

Mike Dallas

The best part about below is the title (Ewok Village Sun Ladder).

#mikedallas

Emily Mason

Like Two Coats, Hyperallergic has launched a gallery guide that features below from Emily which of course caught my eye (they also wrote about her).

#emilymason