John Chamberlain found his own art materials where no one else was even looking and assembled them as a poet assembles words. Continue reading
A Good Fit
Abstract Art
Features From Previous Issues
Signs and Wonders
Whether in his collage-based art or in his activities as collector/scholar/curator of ancient artifacts, Tony Berlant is penetrating into hidden levels of meaning. Continue reading
A Gentleman and an Artist
In the period before Ab Ex, the multitalented Manhattanite Charles Green Shaw was a powerful advocate for abstract art in America. Continue reading
Charles Arnoldi: Problem Solved
Charles Arnoldi’s intricate career is traced in an exhibition at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. Continue reading
Dalí & Duchamp: Brothers Under the Skin
The friendship of Dalí and Duchamp is explored in an exhibition at the Dalí Museum in Florida. Continue reading
Mark Tobey: A Quiet Master
Mark Tobey transformed the fluid lines of Eastern calligraphy into a unique style of abstract painting. Continue reading
Hans Hofmann: Drawing an Outline
A current exhibition shows the importance of works on paper in Hans Hofmann’s long and lauded career. Continue reading
Stanton Macdonald-Wright: Visual Haiku
An exhibition of Stanton Macdonald-Wright’s late printmaking work shows how the pioneering abstract painter was influenced by Japanese art and literature. Continue reading
Objective: Non-Objectivity
Rolph Scarlett joined the quest for a pure art so independent of the everyday world that it couldn’t even be called “abstract.” Continue reading
Out of Frame
By folding, creasing, and ultimately draping his canvases, Sam Gilliam brought color abstraction closer to the viewer than any artist before him. Continue reading