Centering

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Robert Mangold, Angled Ring 1, 2011, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 96 x 96 inches; at Pace through May 3

 

An afternoon of gallerygoing in Chelsea last week turned up a raft of art with a strong central concept. I saw paintings that draw your eye to the center, defined by their negative space, like Robert Mangold's superb constructed geometries at Pace; or a to-the-point focus, like Roy Dowell's tribalesque compositions at Lennon Weinberg; or the wrought iron mandala at The Curator Gallery, whose construction was surely a meditation in process; as well as paintings whose formalism is redolent of the beauty and balance of tantric geometry, even as they are sprayed, glued, or constructed drop by drop.

 

Installation views of the Mangold show
Above: From the front gallery (with Angled Ring 1 at my right shoulder)

Below: In the back gallery looking toward the front

 

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Roy Dowell, Untitled #1057, 2014, 52 x 40 inches; at Lennon Weinberg through May 3

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John Bisbee, Cyclonaut #1, 2014; hammered, bent, welded 12-inch spikes installed on the wall; at The Curatory Gallery

The exhibition, Second Nature: Abstract Art from Maine, was curated by Mark Wethli. The show has ended, but you can learn more about it here

 

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Nichole Van Beek , Oh Hell, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 15 x 15 inches; at Jeff Bailey Gallery through May 10

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Julia Bland, Easy Morning, 2013, oil, canvas, silk, wool and linen yarns, 84 x 86 inches; at Asya Geisberg Gallery through May 10

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 Gregory Hayes, Shooting Star at Nancy Margolis Gallery, through May 17

Detail above of the painting at right below

Some Spring Shows

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It started when Tony Fitzpatrick lamented having sent out postcards for his upcoming solo without the gallery address. I offered to post his info here on the blog. Then I thought: It's spring. Let's see what's coming up in Artlandia. I posted a call to my Facebook friends to ask for info on their upcoming shows, and here you have it. 

3.28. And now there's even more! Scroll down until you come to this image, which starts today's update

3.27: Wait, there's more! Scroll down until you come to this image, which starts Thursday's update

Tony Fitzpatrick, The Secret Birds: New Drawings, Adventureland, 1513 n Western Ave, Chicago; April 4 - May 5

Mark Wethli, The Painting Center, New York City, through April 19

Nancy Baker, Come Hell or High Water,  Length x Width x Height Gallery, Seattle; May 6 - 31

Fran Shalom, The Painting Center, New York City; April 22 - May 19

Elizabeth Morrissette, Good Penmanship, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado; through April 5

James Austin Murray, Lyons Weir Gallery, New York City; April 3 - May 3

Jeanne Heifetz, Geometry of Hope, Lane Community College, Main Gallery, Eugene, Oregon; April 28 - May 22

Paula Roland, Navigating, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona;  April 5 - 26

Perri Neri, Monster: The Drawings, Ceres Gallery, New York City: April 1 - 26

Susan Bee, Doomed to Win: Paintings from the Early 1980s,  A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn; April 3 - 27

Sharon Kenny, Crevice and Chroma: Paintings from the Wissahickon, Music School of Delaware, Wilmington, through April 14;  Milford, April 15 - June 18

Donna Dodson, SIlent Scream: Personality Type and body Language, Boston Sculptors,  May 21 - June 22

Temme Barkin-Leeds, Interference Reactions to Shooter Video Games, Callanwolde Art Center, Atlanta: through May 9

Alyce Gottesman, Inverness, Artspace@MONDO, 426 Springfield Ave, Summit, N.J.; May 2 - 30

Kate Petley, Lined, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe; June 9-29

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Ellen Wineberg, Worldview, Bromfield Gallery, Boston; April 2 - 27

Linda Leslie Brown, New Work with Holes, Kingston Gallery, Boston; April 2 - 27

Jason Horowitz, Closer & Closer: Jason Horowitz, Works Thru Time, 1980-2014, Curator's Office, Washington, D.C.; through April 19

Clare Asch, Tidelines, Galatea Fine Art, Boston; April

Bernadetts Jiyong Frank, Spaces in Between, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco;  June 5 - July 5

Lorrie Fredette, Foundation Gallery at Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, New York; through April 18

Laura Moriarty, Closed System,  Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York; April 4 - May 12

Melinda Stickney-Gibson, New Paintings from the Woods, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon; May 1 - 31

Molly Herman,  Lingua Franca, The Painting Center, New York City; April 22 - May 17

Natalie Abrams, Beneath the Fold, City Ice Arts, Kansas City, Missouri; April

3.28.14: There's even more!

Karen Nielsen-Fried, Intuitive Geometries, Lundbeck Research Corporate Gallery, Paramus, N.J.; June 2 - 30, 2014    

Shelley Gilchrist, Roam, ARC Gallery, Chicago; May 28 - June 21

Andrew V. Wapinski, Restructured, Gallery Plan B, Washington, D.C.; June 11 - July 13

Mary Early, Wax Points, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia; May 2 - May 31

David A. Clark, Ancient Histories, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson; May 3 - 30, 2014

Krista Svalbonas, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, New York; June 14 - July 6

George Shaw, Singularity, Galatea Fine Art, Boston; June 

Cherie Mittenthal, Structures & Waves, KobaltGallery, Povincetown, Mass.;  June 5 – 19 

Anne Mavoe, Ancient Landscapes: The Spirit of Place, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, Mass.; May 25 - July 6

Sirarpi Heghinian-Walzer, Avery, Movimento Space, Boston; through March 31

Arlene Slavin, Intersections: Museum Entry, The Guild Hall Museum, Easthampton, New York; May 23 - October 25

Spring!

Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera, tempera on panel, 1478, at the Uffizzi, Firenze

La Primavera, fresco at the Museo Archeologico, Napoli

On Hiatus for Just a Bit Longer

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Have you missed me? I've been on hiatus since mid-January when I got a new knee. Fifteen years of running on New York City pavement and then . . . trouble. Give me another week or so and I'll be back.

Not mine, but you get the picture