Gwenaël at TUSSLE has words about the past and Christopher’s current choices. After unpacking all the troubling aspects of many of them they eventually point to the smallish wire sculptures which caught my eye and are “by far the most interesting pieces in the show.”
#christopherwool
For EXPO Chicago, Taylor Graham staged an exhibition (which included works by Vasa, or Vasa Mihich) noting that “it is fascinating to explore the commonalities and differences among paintings and sculptures encompassing a range of mid-century into the 21st century abstract styles, including hard edge, stain, Light and Space acrylic sculpture, synchromist inspired, and kinetic sculpture.”
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is one of several artist included in Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions which highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. Agnes work while non-figurative is much closer to the lineage of conceptual art than abstract painting or sculpture.
#agnesdenes
Renowned for his monumental sculptures, Chillida created domestically-scaled sculptures, drawings, collages, and prints. His work is the subject of a recent exhibit at the Bechtler.
#eduardochillida
Erin Shirreff’s diverse body of work, which includes photography, video, and sculpture, is united by her interest in the ways we experience three-dimensional forms in an age in which our perception is almost invariably mediated by still and moving images.
#erinshirreff
Laurie at Two Coats of Paint has words about Diane’s elegant quirkiness on the occasion of her show with James Cohan.
Curator Alexis Lowry traces the playful quality of Charlotte’s sculptures, drawings, and photographs, illuminating their connections to her Minimalist contemporaries along with broader socio-political concerns on Dia’s blog in the context of “Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress” which he curated.
#charlotteposenenske
Lynne’s most recent (2023) show with Minus Space (home to Michael and Gabriele among others) was Lodestar, a new group of monochromatic objects intended to anchor and orient us in the world. Created from found rocks collected in personally significant locations, these pieces engage our surroundings through a lens of color-based and material-based reduction and a commitment to the power of monochrome.
#lynneharlow
(from the 2019 essay This strange, intoxicating “Almost Nothing” by Yorghos Tzirtzilakis) In discussing the work of Cristos Gianakos one can only start from reconsidering a question: what is the current meaning of that form of contemporary art most people call ‘minimal-ism’? In this case minimalism does not stop at a sketchy, formalized, rational version or at a belated celebration of ‘littleness’; instead it goes on to a dispersion which is, in fact, in tune with the character of our times and our culture.”
#crisgianakos
is one of the creatives Artsy staff is captivated by. The Colombian artist’s all-consuming installations transform mud into stunning Minimalist sculptures that fill cavernous rooms, drawing on Andean and Amazonian cosmologies.
#delcymorelos
It often surprises and pleases me* when I discover I’ve not yet blog about an artist who is clearly canon (*my pleasure derives from the affirmation of my focus on what is happening today). It is with sadness that I have discovered Carl’s omission only open his obit in Artforum. As they so eloquently put it’ “Andre created works whose stark simplicity evoked deeply primal emotions, and whose modest makeup frequently sparked controversy, as detractors carped that his piled, strewn, or carefully laid-out groupings of humble objects could not possibly comprise artworks.”
#carlandre
So apparently I’m not the only curator to think Extra Spectral is a great exhibition title. (The other) Extra Spectral was a collaborative exhibition at Space 538 between Bianca and Sascha Braunig, both artists whose individual practices investigate power, the body, and transformation (might go without saying given that description that Bianca’s work has strong and occasionally overt references to the body, so not “pure” abstraction for sure).
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Hunt, a descendant of enslaved people who in the last half of the twentieth century rose to become the world’s preeminent African American abstract sculptor, died on December 16 at his home in Chicago. Hunt created sculptures that appeared almost weightless despite the heft of the materials from which they were made, evoking ascent, escape, and freedom. His monumental works grace public spaces around the globe. Visit his official site to see quotes about Richard from some titans of the Art world.
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shows with Carrie Haddad. About his work he says the form comes first and he avoids “intentional thoughts. What happens then seems to emerge from some deep subconscious reservoir: maybe from childhood, maybe from an unconscious feeling in the moment, maybe from something beyond this lifetime.”
#daiban
Painting After Art is Dead 