Annell Livingston on Joanne Mattera

Annell Livingston on Joanne Mattera

Annell Livingston on Joanne Mattera Joanne’s work is about color first, “color beyond color,” color that resonates somewhere deep within me, somewhere beyond the eye. For me, it is to see color from the heart. Usually we see color with our eyes, but with...
Frank Stella Meets Jasper Johns

Frank Stella Meets Jasper Johns

Frank Stella Meets Jasper Johns “The artist who launched Minimalism was Frank Stella (b. 1936), who was still a student at Princeton when he saw Jasper Johns’s 1958 show at Leo Castelli Gallery. He liked the repetition of the flags, so many stars, so many...
Artists and Critics: Part Two

Artists and Critics: Part Two

Artists and Critics: Part Two Zombie Formalism and the Incredible Shrinking Art Press Not to sound like too much of a fogey, but there was a time when the art world abounded with publications devoted to art—Art in America, Studio International, Arts magazine,...
Should You Have a Contract with Your Dealer?

Should You Have a Contract with Your Dealer?

Should You Have a Contract with Your Dealer? Whether you have a piece of paper in hand or not, it's still a question of trust. Given the increasingly litigious nature of all aspects of our society, it comes as a surprise to find that many galleries and artists...
Leslie Parke on Lori Ellison

Leslie Parke on Lori Ellison

Leslie Parke on Lori Ellison I am drawn to work of modest means that has a monumental impact. The master of this kind of work was Lori Ellison, who died in August 2015 Ellison created her pieces on plain paper or in grade-school notebooks, sometimes leaving evidence...