abstractsculpture – Painting After Art is Dead

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.

Richard Lippold

was part of the same cadre of queer creatives as Cy in the ’60s and had no small part to play in the story of Modernism himself.

#richardlipold

Blogging about Kelly made me think of Tony’s sculptures from the late ’70s which were also collections of intensely chromatic objects, albeit found and usually on the floor. A little interneting shows he’s doing new things (4 decades later…).

#tonycragg

Scott Albrecht

Juxtapoz has some images up of Scott’s work process for below as well as an interview.

#scottalbrecht

Leo Amino

#hyperallergic covers a recent retro of this artist who was under appreciated in his time.

#leoamino

Leonardo Drew

Leonardo Drew is a contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He creates sculptures from natural materials and through processes of oxidation, burning, and decay, Drew transforms these objects into massive sculptures that critique social injustices and the cyclical nature of existence.

I saw one at the Perez in Miami a few years ago and was blown away.

#leonardodrew

Katy Crowe and Coleen Sterritt

I can see why Ron Linden paired Katy’s paintings and Coleen’s sculptures at Los Angeles Harbor College Fine Arts Gallery (as does Two Coats)- if meticulously flippant isn’t a phrase it should be.

#katycrowe

#coleensterrit

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