Some Paintings During Armory Week

 Suzan Frecon at David Zwirner Gallery, New York City; ADAA

There was a lot of interesting painting at the fairs as well as in the galleries. (Sculpture, too.) I'll keep my comments short and show you what I saw. Yes, I'm drawn to geometric, minimal and chromatic, but over the next few posts you'll see a range of esthetic and material expression. Here it includes the mineral pigments of Suzan Frecon, to the egg tempera and gold leaf of Mary Obering, to the puddled paint of Ian Davenport, to the fiber-optic fabric of Daniel Buren's sculptural painting.

Installation view: Frecon at Zwirner

If you remember her large red paintings from the Biennial last time around, this scale may surprise you

 Above and below: Frecon at Zwirner

Mary Obering at Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City; ADAA

 Clint Jukkala at Giampietro Gallery, New Haven; Scope

Ian Davenport, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City; Armory

Detail below

Odili Donald Odita, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City; Armory

Pepe Lopez, ArTepuy, Caracas; Scope

Barbara Takenaga, D.C. Moore Gallery, New York City; Armory Modern; detail below

 Philippe Decrauzat, Praz-Delavallade, Paris; Armory

Daniel Buren, Lisson Gallery, London; Armory

Side view below showing the light source

Detail below (of woven fiber-optic threads) 

Coming: More next Wednesday