“From royals to rappers, her paintings of men have consistently been the most intriguing. Real or imagined, the unabashed ‘feminization’ of her male subjects has rarely been given its deserved critical attention.” Dmitry Komis Elizabeth Peyton’s work is on view at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise through May 17. Elizabeth Peyton, Matthew March 2008, 2008. Oil on […]

“Blake was a non-Conformist who spent most of his artistic life waging a mental war against the Church of England and the monarchy and parliament for which it stood bastion. Today the Church of England is a Blakean operation and succeeds in wooing congregations by doubling up as art galleries, concert halls, theaters, etc. Even […]

"It is this truth and brutality that make images that startle the viewer. Unlike the Surrealists, who directed their attention to creating a new visual vocabulary in order to elucidate traditional meanings, McVeigh’s images are pure inventions replete with new understandings."   Whitney McVeigh and Pascal Demeester at the Gallery Soho, London Suzie Walshe An […]

“We are frequently reminded that we are a nation at war. So should we not know what this war actually looks like?”   Testimony to War: Art from the Battlegrounds of Iraq Francis Di Tommaso Francis Di Tommaso, the director of the Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts, curated Testimony to War: […]

"Essential to the art of Martin Creed is the one who experiences it. According to Creed, ‘work has meaning when people make it themselves.’ This quality of democratic engagement carries through in his decision in 1986 to use a system of numbers to identify his works."    Martin’s Creed and The Condition of Music     L. […]

“When work on the wall in the Biennial can simultaneously be found in a Chelsea gallery, as is the case with Seth Price’s wood wall pieces, which are concurrently on view at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, the exhibition feels more like P.S. 1’s Greater New York than a truly national sampling.”   Expanded Walls, Expanded Practices […]

"There is certainly novelty in the artist’s approach as well as in his use of artistic means. He has referenced a variety of concepts and materials—both Western and Non-western—from feng shui, Chinese medicine, and dragons, to gunpowder, roller coasters, and vending machines."   Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe at the Guggenheim Harriet Zinnes A […]

"The rhythms of each composition often display a spiral viscosity that is executed by the artist’s skillful employment of the micro-pen."   Sean McCarthy at Fredericks & Freiser   Mary Cook Sean McCarthy’s I Think Of Demons was on view at Fredericks & Freiser Gallery in New York January 25—March 1. Sean McCarthy, Balaam, 2007. […]

"Operating like a documentary photographer, his images function like a visual archive of locations that are in a state of constant flux. What may be a demolished site one week, may already have several floors of a skeletal shell already emerging from the earth the next." Fade to Gray  Gillian Sneed Greg Lindquist’s solo exhibition […]

"It is no surprise that Montella is also a psychiatrist in addition to being an artist. His keen awareness of Jungian archetypes and symbols is evident. The artist effectively and poetically blends a multitude of stimuli from the modern Italian urban experience to render images that are both eloquent and touching."   Vincenzo Montella at […]