George Hofman – Notes to Henri
A few thoughts about painting for a new year. George Hofmann wrote a few lines to me about his understanding of the state of the art world at this moment. I do think that George’s notes below touch on ideas…
3 Shows in the Nineties
How abstraction changed my mind… A march backward through time. My friend, Michael Zahn, and I have been chatting a lot about painting in the 90s. There were 3 shows at Gagosian on Wooster that came to mind! (What a space…
Marden & Stella
edited 2/6/2025 What’s acceptable once you’ve been accepted? How far will we go to create something different, to defy other people’s expectations? In the last post, we discussed Pollock’s later work and how it disappointed his main man Clem Greenberg.…
2025
edited 2.22.25 A couple of experiences changed my mind this year. The first involved a double encounter with Christopher Wool’s work – one overlapping with the other. At the beginning of the Summer, I went downtown to a wonderfully fucked-up…
MONDRIAN80 – Norte Maar
Paul Goodman on Modrian80 @ Norte Maar.
MONDRIAN80
Highly recommend that you see this show up at Norte Maar in Brooklyn. “So what’s changed in the field of abstract painting now that generations have ingested, consumed, devoured, and regurgitated the art of Mondrian? Does the purity he sought…
PUDS
Mike Zhan - PUDS
Stella
Thanks, Frank. Epic.
Manet’s Left Foot
Degas’ painting of Manet and his wife still fascinates, even with the raw linen – maybe because of the raw linen. It’s said that Manet did not like the portrayal of his wife and cut the bit right off. Others…
SI.VM E.T A.V.VM
Corso: Could it be a forgery?Pedro: A forgery? You heard that, Pablo?Pablo: I took you for a professional, señor. You speak too lightly of forgeries.Pedro: Far too lightly.Pablo: Forging a book is expensive. Paper of the period, the right inks….…
