Abstract Painting – Page 107 – Painting After Art is Dead

Paulina Peavy

Good one for a #TBT, since Paulina is not with us any more. Definitely read about her interest in UFOs, and kudos to Greater #RestonArtsCenter for their retrospective of her long-neglected vision.

#paulinapeavy

Clyde Hopkins

David Sweet covers Clyde in issue #117 of AbCrit (which is a good blog you should follow if you love abstraction).

#clydehopkins

James Benjamin Franklin

Bomb Magazine wrote up their recent studio visit to Jame’s studio.

#jamesbenjaminfranklin

Zach Jackson

Love these– it’s like someone stuffed the whole 80s in a blender.

#zachjackson

Last point in this Artsy write up is true- I discovered KAWS abstract work first (GQ wrote about him recently as well). It’s kind of funny that the big “A” Art world still toys with an in/out paradigm discussion at all- like either choice (or success in either world) is about anything other than money. Being sold in a specific channel makes something Art? No, the time and weight of history does that.

#kaws

Erin Lawlor

Two Coats of Paint right on the money with this write up. Kind of reminds me of Fran O’Neil in the sense that they appear narrative.

#erinlawlor

Sam Gilliam

Caught this great read on Artsy and decided to explore Sam’s catalog. 60 years of painting (and installation, and printmaking, and…) sounds like a dream come true.

#samgilliam

Josh Sperling

Juxtapoz had a bit up about a current show of Josh’s work at Perrotin.

#joshsperling

Harriet Korman

Like Stanley and Thomas, Harriet is OG and was included in The Unusual Suspects.

#harrietkorman

Beth Letain

Caught this interesting interview with Beth in ARTnews- curious to see these as the results of lots of drawing, and to hear how color and form can inform each other.

#bethletain

Lucas Dupuy

May have first seen Lucas Tumblring, also follow him on IG (along with a lot of other people).

#lucasdupuy

Marina Adams

Found this article and was curious- thanks #artnet!- about whether I knew what they knew… I’m all about Erin O’Keefe and Sarah Crowner (I also follow Maya Hayuk on IG), and was thrilled to discover Marina!

#marinaadams

Bernard Friz

First discovered Bernard Tumblring, and have followed him on IG. I love how eclectic his production is.

#bernardfriz

Mohamed Melehi

Mosaic Room in London went #tbt with this show exploring how Melehi and other “artists in postcolonial Casablanca created a specifically Moroccan form of Modernism, merging the influences of Pop art and Hard-edge painting with the rich tradition of abstraction in Berber craft and architecture.”

#mohamedmelehi

Stuart Davis

Big time #tbt

The featured image for this Artsy article caught my eye because Stuart has always fascinated me– I’ve been known on more than one occasion to espouse the idea that abstract painting aspires to a condition which jazz naturally achieves (where form and content are indistinguishable). Great job by Jackson Arn to point out that Davis’s aspirations for his work “had already been achieved by virtuosic black musicians.”

#stuartdavis