Saw below at Artfields recently. Anna’s work is created through spontaneous, meditative line work to create bright, colorful, and reflective imagery that is intended as a visualization of transcendence.
#annabyars
Ray Grist
Cynthia Hawkins
gets noticed along with Oliver and Mirdidingkingathi by Alex at ARTNews for her most recent at Paula Cooper.
#cynthiahawkins
Oliver Lee Jackson
gets a nod from Alex Greenberger who recently wrote in ARTNews about NYC’s obsession with abstract painting and its “return” (“better than ever”) after “years of figurative painting.
#oliverleejackson
Adger Cowans
An icon in the world of photography and fine art, Mr. Cowans was a member of AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), the 1968 South Chicago born collective founded by Jeff Donaldson, Jae Jarell, Wadsworth Jarell, Barbare Jones-Hogu, and Gerald Williams.
#adgercowans
Haywood “Bill” Rivers
Haywood “Bill” Rivers was born in 1922 in North Carolina. He studied at the Art Students League in New York and the École du Musée du Louvre in Paris. His work saw considerable success, winning the Gretchen H. Hutzler Award, the Baltimore Museum Annual Prize, and Julius Rosenwald Fellowship in 1948, as well as the John Hay Whitney Fellowship in 1952. Rivers was a co-founder of Galerie Huit in Paris. The cooperative gallery exhibited many American artists including Paul Keene, Edward Clark, and Herbert Gentry.
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Peter Bradley
A dedicated abstractionist and former art dealer, Peter Bradley reveals the myriad possibilities of acrylic paint, by pouring layers of color onto his canvases.
#peterbradley
Russell Maltz
has work in Beauty is a Blast (which celebrates the late Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe) at Art Cake.
#russellmaltz
Lee Vanderpool
Soledad Salamé
(who shows with Goya Contemporary Gallery in Baltimore, and whose work is not all abstract) says her art is a conceptual and visual exploration of the intersection of science, technology, and social justice issues defining the age in which we live. Engaged with the political implications of environmental issues, my recent work maps vulnerable marginalized communities suffering the greatest consequences of natural disasters.
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#soledadsalame
Ilana Savdie
was raised between Barranquilla, Colombia and Miami, FL. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, where she makes some beautiful paintings.
#ilanasavdie
Kevin Umaña
(Born in Los Angeles, CA) Kevin Umana lives and works in Kansas City, MO and Brooklyn, NY. Umaña received a B.F.A from San Francisco State University with a Degree in Printmaking and Painting. He is the co-founder of The Ekru Project and a contributor to The Coastal Post.
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#kevinumana
Berrisford Booth
is part of the Chop Shop, which is in part inspired by the Spiral Collective (Norman and Richard were members).
#berrisfordbooth
Enzo Shalom
Sharon Butler at Two Coats of Paint writes about Enzo’s newest at Bortolami, noting they carry a quiet intensity that has felt rare among young New York painters in recent years.
#enzoshalom
Antonio Adriano Puleo
is one of 4 installation artists featured in Step and Repeat at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (inspired by the historical Pattern and Decoration movement, the show highlights 46 Southern California artists who engage with themes of pattern and decoration).
#antonioadrianopuleo
Painting After Art is Dead 