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Paintings

During this Pollock-Krasner Grant year, I have translated my focus on light into both oil and acrylic paintings.

Gathering Strength
Joshua Tree
Flash
Blossoms
Grape Hyacinths
Under the Hedge
Reflections
Snow Angel
Candy Canes
Globe
Inner World
Reservoir 1
Reservoir
Lit
The Light Within
Ghostly
Siding
Shadows
Beyond
Inviting
Swallowed
Expansive
Floating Away
Clouds
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En Plein Air Monotypes

To delve into this new and exciting medium, I’ve been traveling to natural landscapes to create monotypes from life, from Brooklyn to Austin and beyond.

 

Foliage
New Life
← Metrocard Drawings for Single Fare 4 Paintings →
Frieze New York 2017:

Frieze New York 2017:

A Curated View – By Colleen Blackard

As previously published in Hi-Concept Magazine: Art in the City

Mircea Suciu, Detail of The other Bremen town singers (migrants), 2017, Oil, acrylic and monoprint on linen, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Drawing of old trees on wintry days during 2007-2014, 2007-2014, pencil and paint on paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, BE (Image courtesy of the gallery)
Damian Loeb, Opium, 2017, Oil on linen, Acquavella Galleries, New York, NY
Drawings by John Currin, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Marilyn Minter, Glisterine, 2011, Enamel on metal, Salon 94, New York, NY
Work by Jeppe Hein and Hans-Peter Feldmann at 303 Gallery, New York, NY
Irma Blank’s Eigenscriften (Self-writings, 1968-1973) Series, P420, Bologna, IT
Günther Uecker, Plus-Minus-Nul (object and drawing), 1968, object: 15 single objects, nails on tinplate on wood, drawing: pencil on paper, Eykyn Maclean, London, UK and New York, NY
Alicja Kwade, Ein Tisch ist ein Bild, 2017, Found wooden table, mirror, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
Zhang Peili, One-Thousandth of a Second to One Second, 1995, 10 color photographs, electric fan, Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, CN
Chrysanne Stathacos, 1-900 Mirror Mirror, 1993-6, The Breeder, Athens, GR
Anri Sala, Detail from Bridges in the Doldrums (2016), 7 channel sound installation including 4 altered snare drums, loudspeaker parts, snare stands, drumsticks, 2 speakers and a subwoofer, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Cinq à Sept 1 and Cinq à Sept 2, 2017, Hydrocal, fgr plaster, glass fiber, steel, Casa Triânguo, São Paulo, BR
Olafur Eliasson, Your hope diagram, 2017, 162 partially silvered crystal spheres, paint (black), stainless steel, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Tomas Saraceno, Zonal Harmonic 1N 67.5/7 + 3N, 2016, metal, polyester rope, fishing line, steel thread, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Sarah Sze, Three Foot Drop, 2017, mixed media, toothpicks, tape measure, archival prints, acrylic paint, string, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Felipe Arturo, Instituto de Vision, Bogotá, Colombia
Nicolás Consuegra, Instituto de Vision, Bogotá, Colombia
Aliza Nisenbaum, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
Tim Rollins and K.O.S, Detail of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES (after Darwin), 2012, ink, matte acrylic, book pages on panel, Maureen Paley, London, UK
Xu Zhen, produced by Madeln Company, Detail of Under Heaven-2833IL0146, 2014, Oil on canvas, aluminum, James Cohan, New York, NY
Li Qing, Window – The Sea in The Museum, 2016-2017, wood, metal, oil on plexiglass, paint, aluminum-plastic panel, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, CN
Cornelia Parker, There must be some kind of way outta here, 2016, Mixed media (fragments of Jimi Hendrix’s staircase), Frith Street Gallery, London, UK
Chiara Banfi, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, BR
Lorna Simpson, They Cheated Death, 2017, Ebony magazines, poly sleeves, bronze, glass, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
Lea Cetera, Threshold, Southard Reid, London, UK
Andon van Dalen, The Pigeon Car, 1987, wood, wire, live pigeons, P.P.O.W., New York, NY
Jenny Holzer, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Asperitas / M+I by Tomas Saraceno in front of Night Sky: E.T. From Pluto by Angela Bulloch, at Esther Schipper, Berlin
← Art City Austin 2017: Art Alliance Austin’s Art Fair: Spring/Break Art Show 2018: →
Art City Austin 2017: Art Alliance Austin’s Art Fair:

Art City Austin 2017: Art Alliance Austin’s Art Fair:

A Curated View – By Colleen Blackard

As previously published in Hi-Concept Magazine: Art in the City

View of Art City Fair inside the Palmer Event Center, featuring galleries from across Texas
Nate Burbeck, Fairmont, Minnesota, 2015, Oil on canvas, grayDuck Gallery, Austin, TX
Raychael Stine, Hummingbird Vision 6, 2016, Oil & acrylic on canvas, Art Palace, Houston, TX
Shang-Yi Hua, Breakthrough, 2017, Cement, paper, wire, cement, driftwood, painted wood, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, TX
Jamie Earnest, Collage/paintings on canvas, 2016-2017, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, TX
Artwork by Nola Parker, Ellen Heck, Mallory Page, and Holly Wilson at Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
Sandy Skoglund, Cats In Paris, 1993, Photolithograph, Yvonamor Palix Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Steidel Fine Art, Wimberley, TX
Jim McDonald, Hill Country #1, 2017, Oil on panel, Steidel Fine Art, Wimberley, TX
Ana Fernandez, Magy’s Tamales, 2017, Oil on panel, Cinnabar, San Antonio, TX
Bale Creek Allen Gallery, Austin, TX
Bale Creek Allen, Cast bronze tumbleweed sculpture, Bale Creek Allen Gallery, Austin, TX
Dana Younger, The End of Cowboys, Machined polyethylene with aluminum frame, Dimension Gallery, Austin, TX
Vincent Valdez, Winter in America (diptych), 2015, 10-color serigraph, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX
Mylan Nguyen, Secret Love Letter, Watercolor and graphite on paper, The Public Trust, Dallas, TX
Larry Akers, Deep Space II, 2016, Painted perforated aluminum, stainless steel, LED lights, corrugated plastic, CAMIBAart, Austin, TX
Mixed media assemblages by John Paul Rosenberg at Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX
A Poem for You, by Untouched Poetry, Austin, TX
Tiny People Big Laughs, Photography/Digital work by Jesper Johansen, Denver, CO
Oil paintings by Julia Purinton, Warren, VT
Tents on the festival grounds, featuring work by 130 artists from around the country
Lounging in one of the hammocks provided on the Art City Austin festival grounds
← Spring/Break Art Show 2017: Frieze New York 2017: →
Spring/Break Art Show 2017:

Spring/Break Art Show 2017:

A Curated View – By Colleen Blackard

As previously published in Hi-Concept Magazine: Art in the City

The Artslant Prize 2016 Exhibition, curated by Artslant editors Andrea Alessi and Joel Kuennen
Sterling Crispin, Untitled, in the Artslant Prize 2016 Exhibition, curated by Artslant editors Andrea Alessi and Joel Kuennen
The Pursuit of It, curated by Nicole Grammatico and Christina Papanicolaou with artists Hein Koh, Signe Pierce, Hiba Schahbaz, and Robin F. Williams
Hiba Schahbaz in The Pursuit of It, curated by Nicole Grammatico and Christina Papanicolaou
Robin F. Williams, Still Life, 2014, oil on panel, in The Pursuit of It, curated by Nicole Grammatico and Christina Papanicolaou
Rachel Frank: Past Future Tense, curated by Jacob Rhodes of Field Projects
Serena Perrone, Fata Morgana/Mondo Nuovo, 2016-17, in Corpus, Mens et Anima, curated by Cade Tompkins
Serena Perrone, Fata Morgana/Mondo Nuovo, 2016-17, in Corpus, Mens et Anima, curated by Cade Tompkins
Cate Giordano, TV Guide, curated by Suzanne Kim
Cate Giordano, sculpture from TV Guide, curated by Suzanne Kim
Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels: Twenty Seventeen, curated by Catinca Tabacaru and Raphael Guilbert
Leah Piepgras, view from Special Project: Gateway, curated by Grin Contemporary
Leah Piepgras, view from Special Project: Gateway, curated by Grin Contemporary
Amanda Browder, In Search of: Chromatic Hi-Five! curated by Scott Chasse of Calico
Jason Peters, Extrospection, curated by Ché Morales
Ori Carino and Benjamin Armas, Broken Homes, curated by Carlo McCormick
MSHR, Knotted Gate Chant Cycle, curated by Dustin Yellin
Erin Ko, Are We There Yet, 2017, projection, VR headset, real-world materials, in Personal Tesseract, curated by Anne Spaltzer
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