The David – Back
This painting by Vicky Perry is from October 2022 and is inspired by Italy and is the second in an “Italian Series“. More works by Vicky Perry can be viewed here. … Read More
For Michelangelo and Cézanne
This painting by Vicky Perry is from October 2022 and is inspired by Italy and Michelangelo’s and Cézanne’s work. More works by Vicky Perry can be viewed here. Detail: More information … Read More
What the Word “Beauty” Meant to Helen Frankenthaler
Douglas Dreishpoon discussed the later works of Helen Frankenthaler in the context of the concept of “beauty”. It’s also about age and experience. He invokes novelist Toni Morrison, who … Read More
Exhibit: Death
Vicky Perry has a painting in the Art Society of Kingston‘s October exhibition running through the end of October 2022. The theme is Death and the work, named “Dog Star … Read More
Gorky in the NGA “Double” exhibit
Although Arshile Gorky is included in the book Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques for his abstract work, it is interesting to spotlight an important series of representational works he produced. … Read More
Exhibition: Rhode Island
Vicky Perry has two paintings in the Rhode Island Watercolor Society exhibition running through September 2022. One of two paintings exhibited won a cash prize. Installation photos are below. More … Read More
Mysteries of Mondrian
Peter Schjeldahl writes wonderfully in The New Yorker about “Piet Mondrian: A Life”. This review covers Mondrian’s dynamics with Picasso, Pollock, Duchamp and jazz. Schjeldahl, comparing Mondrian to … Read More
Mondrian at National Gallery of Art “Seeing Double”
Included in the wonderful exhibit “Seeing Double” at NGA is an emblematic painting by Piet Mondrian and one of the same size by Marlow Moss (1932). The two works are … Read More
Benjamin H.D. Buchloh’s “Gerhard Richter”
Art in America has a lengthy book review titled “History’s Painter” in the September 2022 issue that discusses the analysis of the painter Gerhard Richter’s lifetime of work. Buchloh’s focus … Read More
Want to Start Collecting Abstract Art?
Artnet has an article that references several painters whose work is discussed in Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques – Larry Poons, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland … Read More