Still lifes that set up perceptual conundrums. Maria Porges reports.
Reviews
Frankenstein’s Birthday Party @ Hosfelt
Beauty and beastliness intertwine. Justin Manley reports.
Dominic Di Mare @ Museum of Craft and Design
A visual language of personal references spans a 50-year career.
Letter from New York
Highlights from a whirlwind, 2-week tour.
Mark Van Proyen on Magritte @ SFMOMA
His paintings functioned like philosophical echo chambers.
Cult of the Machine @ de Young
Art that glorified the industrial might of the “American Century.”
Cyrus Tilton @ Crocker Art Museum
A cautionary tale built a around a small, insidious insect. Julia Couzens reports.
Awoiska van der Molen @ Casemore Kirkeby
Penetrating the landscape to open space for contemplation. Max Blue reports.
Judy Dater @ de Young and Modernism
Robert Atkins takes the measure of a master photographic portrait artist.
Deborah Oropallo @ Catharine Clark
Images that cut through the vertiginous mental and emotional overload. Maria Porges reports.
Peter Alexander @ Brian Gross
Light and Space pioneer continues to confound the senses.
Emil Lukas @ Hosfelt
Disparate areas of inquiry are connected, all relating to light, space and time. Jake Weigel reports.
Jaq Chartier @ Dolby Chadwick
Process painting with a forensic/scientific aura. Barbara Morris reports.
Dimitra Skandali @ Don Soker
An artist’s deep affinity with the world’s oceans, expressed in a multi-media installation.
David Park & Milton Avery @ Hackett Mill
Choice selections from two leading mid-20th century figurative painters. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Chester Arnold @ Catharine Clark
Paintings that preview a bleak future. Maria Porges reports.