abstractsculpture – Painting After Art is Dead

Alexander Calder

Read Alexander Calder’s statement, unpublished in his lifetime, about the gentle impulse of his art in motion.
#alexandercalder

Read a great article where Jennie Jones is quoted saying “Fred Sandback can make this beautiful line and not have to have it literally be a metaphor for his cultural identity” which made me realize I’ve never blogged about this important artist who bridged minimalism, conceptualists and light and space (I suspect Lydia finds his work influential).

#fredsandback

Jae Ko

Caught below in Abstract.ed IG feed.

#jaeko

Robert Grosvenor and David Novros

Hyperallergic notes their newest at Paula Cooper.
#robertgrosvenor

#davidnovros

Caroline Monnet

Caroline is a multidisciplinary artist from Outaouais, Quebec who recently was a Hopper Prize finalist (like Osamu and Amy).

#carolinemonet

John McCracken

Read an essay by art historian Robin Clark about the work of John McCracken.

#johnmccracken

Zulkifli Lee

A sense of order, logic, and stability emerges from Zulkifli Lee’s fourteen geometric sculptures in “Interdependence,” where monuments of fused wood and steel offer harmonious meditations on interconnectedness amid uncertain times.

#zulkiflilee

Anne Truitt

John Yau looks back (posthumously) at Anne’s career as a spiritual quest (personally I like her sculpture best).

#annetruitt

Jean-Michel Othoniel

Jean-Michel Othoniel is a contemporary French artist who works in a variety of media. Employing materials such as glass, wax, and sulphur, Othoniel explores ideas of material transformation. “I want to seduce you with their beauty then lead you to other themes,” he has explained of his work. I would agree they are seductive as I’m writing this blog after ogling the work below.
#jeanmichelothoniel

Guillaume Linard Osorio and Derrick Valesquez

Was checking out Mimi at Carvalho Park and saw Guillaume and Derrick were in Order and Vertigo together.
#guillaumelinardosorio

#derrickvelasquez

Jessica Drenk

Colossal as always brings the wow.

#jessicasrenk

Jamison Carter

In the months just prior to Covid-19 rearing its monstrous head in the United States, artist Jamison Carter lost both of his parents. Such a tragedy, combined with the horrors and isolation brought on by the pandemic, would crush even the most stalwart of souls. Yet Carter miraculously managed to find the wherewithal to produce “All Season Radials,” his majestic solo exhibition at Klowden Mann.

#jamisoncarter

Nonggirrnga Marawili

taps the Earth for her materials and muses. Her works—prints, works on paper, paintings on bark, and larrakitj (memorial poles made from the bark of eucalyptus trees)—are often made with natural ochers that coalesce in spontaneous webs of lines and dots. The resulting works are ethereal, expressive interpretations of water.

#nonggirrngamarawili

Kelly Sheppard Murray

We don’t have a huge local art scene in Raleigh, so I’ve had the chance to meet Kelly and see her approach to teaching in a crit format. More and more.

#kellysheppardmurray

Lynda Benglis

I’ve been a big fan of Lynda since discovering her poured work during my undergrad days. Seeing her work getting new juxtapositions inspired a revisiting of some like Contraband and Wing.