Abstract Painting – Page 2 – Painting After Art is Dead

Thornton Dial

Hyperallergic says we should pay attention to the rich, vibrant worlds Thornton created during his time with us (spoiler- not all of them are abstracted).

#thorntondial

Can’t mention Kazimir and not probably the best known Russian abstractionist. The impact of Concerning the Spiritual in Art has been profound, for good or ill, in how the idea of Art changed in the 20th Century.

#wassilykandinsky

Kazimir Malevich

Probably the best known of the Russian avant-garde, he was also El‘s mentor. Hard to imagine an artist who did more simultaneously to mythologize the artist and democratize artistic practice.

#kazimirmalevich

Rita Ackerman

I follow a hashtag for Rita on IG- she show with Hauser & Wirth if you want more. Here’s a recent artist talk also.

#ritaackerman

Jackie Saccoccio

Saw in Keltie‘s IG feed that we lost Jackie recently.

#jackiesassoccio

Selma Parlour

Encountered Selma in Lucy’s IG feed (who I encountered in Prosaic97‘s)

#selmaparlour

Francesco Polenghi

Francesco Polenghi, a painter whose unusual life course meant that his public career as an artist began only when he was in his late sixties, has died in his hometown of Milan at the age of eighty-four. Polenghi attended New York University, where despite his early interest in art he graduated with a degree in economics in 1961. He remained in New York until 1966, before returning to Italy.

#francescopolenghi

Ida Ekblad

Artforum says Ida’s new paintings (in her show “Slice of the Inaccessible”) possess a gluttonous appetite for visual culture, and have an arresting effect on the viewer.
#idaekblad

Günther Uecker

For the first exhibition at their new Parisian location, Lévy Gorvy has adorned the large gallery with a series of six monumental and lyrical minimalist paintings by Group Zero’s Günther Uecker—mural-like in their consistent scale and limited blue and white palette—along with an array of small watercolors.

Vivian Springford

Artsy says Vivian’s paintings are “hypnotic” so of course I had to take a look. She’s no longer with us unfortunately.

#vivianspringford

Spencer Lewis

Harper’s Books announces Violet Paintings for the Red and Blue Studio, Los Angeles-based artist Spencer Lewis’ first solo exhibition in New York City (a selection of eight new paintings).

#spencerlewis