by Ann Landi | Jun 4, 2017 | Under the Radar
“I always liked the physicality of sculpture,” says Arlene Rush, who grew up in the Bronx and Queens and now lives and work in what denizens of the outer boroughs still refer to as “the city”—Manhattan. The daughter of Depression-era parents, the second generation in...
by Ann Landi | May 28, 2017 | Under the Radar
As Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans in late August 2005, Brandon Graving, whose studio was in the uptown Riverbend area, calmly thought to herself, “Well, I’ve lived through hurricanes, so I’ll survive this one.” By that Saturday, though, it was clear that...
by Ann Landi | May 7, 2017 | Features
A few weeks ago my neighbor and Vasari21 member TJ Mabrey asked me why I didn’t suggest some books for the warm-weather season, when supposedly we all head for the country or the beach armed with a Kindle or a stack of paperbacks. Since I am always reading biographies...
by Ann Landi | May 7, 2017 | Vasari21 Radio
Jina Brenneman Agnes Martin—Before the Grid SoundCloud Facebook Until recently, little has been known about the early years of Agnes Martin, who first began making her magical grid paintings when she was well into her forties. In 2011, Jina Brenneman, then curator of...
by Ann Landi | May 7, 2017 | Under the Radar
After dropping out of the MFA program at Brooklyn College in her twenties, Jane Shoenfeld stopped painting and using color and spent three years drawing her dreams in black and white. Thus began a process that continues some 40 years later of working from what she...
