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Vanessa German – SAD RAPPER at Paul Kasmin

Posted on April 20, 2023 by melissa

  Published on ArtSpiel Posted on September 26, 2022 by Melissa Stern Partial installation view of Sad Rapper So much has happened in six years. It was six years ago that I last wrote about the work of Vanessa German … Continue reading →

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Motel in the Catskills

Posted on April 6, 2023 by melissa

Published August 17, 2022 in ArtSpiel The rural Catskill mountain village of Fleischmanns an unlikely a place to find a world-class contemporary art installation. In the nineteenth century, the village was a flourishing, prosperous Catskill vacation spot for the New … Continue reading →

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My Upstate Art Weekend Adventure

Posted on March 2, 2023 by melissa

July 30, 2022 in ArtSpiel Vanessa German,  Black on Black, 2021, Handmade folk art cloth Black woman pin cushion, glory, wood, love, astroturf, Black seed beads, confusion, Black rhinestone trim, Black bead trim, (they traded your grandmother for a handful of … Continue reading →

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Hew Locke: The Procession at the Tate Britain

Posted on December 7, 2022 by melissa

Published on July 28, 2022 in Art Spiel Each year The Tate Britain commissions a large-scale art installation for the iconic Duveen Galleries at the museum. This is a vast space, an art-filled hall, more than a typical gallery that … Continue reading →

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KATHY BUTTERLY AT JAMES COHAN GALLERY – COLOR IN FORMING

Posted on September 12, 2022 by melissa

Posted on March 22, 2022 in Art Spiel Dances With Color and Form Installation view Staring at Kathy Butterly’s ceramic sculptures, I am overwhelmed by an urge to reach out and touch them. The marriage of color and form is … Continue reading →

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Report from Kinderhook: Feedback at Jack Shainman Gallery/The School

Posted on June 22, 2022 by melissa

Oct. 21, 2021 ( yeah I know, I’m posting a wee bit late!) in Artcritical Installation shot of the exhibition under review, with Karon Davis’s Double Dutch Girls (2021) in the foreground. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery Jack Shainman opened The School … Continue reading →

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A Blizzard of Paint and Objects: Joyce Pensato Makes Pop Culture Her Own

Posted on February 17, 2022 by melissa

Feb. 10, 2021 in artcritical Joyce Pensato at Petzel Gallery Installation shot of the exhibition under review showing Joyce Pensato, Daisy, 2012, to the right. Courtesy of Petzel Gallery, New York Joyce Pensato’s 2012 exhibition, Batman Returns, although her third … Continue reading →

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An Outsider Artist Channels His Demons Into Uniquely Funny and Dark Compositions

Posted on September 14, 2021 by melissa

Jan. 31, 2020 in Hyperallergic On display at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, works of Benjamin Jones project deep sorrow as well as an unvanquished ray of optimism. Benjamin Jones, “Isolating the Disease” from the Isolation Series (2003), graphite … Continue reading →

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Testing ( yet again)

Posted on August 18, 2021 by melissa

Hey folks! This blog has been broken for the past six months. That’s why you haven’t gotten anything Did ya miss me? Here we go … Please let me know with a comment if you get this email. Many thanks- … Continue reading →

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Testing one- two-three !

Posted on May 18, 2021 by melissa

This is a test, this is only a test. No need to duck and shelter!!…… Running a test email to check on the site health here.  

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