Category Archives: [I am trying to view more art]

To follow a train of thought from a couple weeks ago, that is, a certain preoccupation with unique perspectives on otherwise cliche forms of beauty (as in Larry Chait’s captivating views of landscapes), I’ve been looking at clouds a lot … Continue reading →

My default response to the term “landscape” is a grimace, or a yawn, but I am always intrigued by images in said genre that elicite a contrasting reaction. The vibrancy of Chait’s series Motion and Memory: Impressions of the Rural … Continue reading →

Some weeks ago I came across Elke Morris’s photographs of houses; for days straight I could not stop staring at the structure of Domicile I (below), glowing within my computer screen. …they look like toys, like internally sunlit dioramas. Homes … Continue reading →

I discovered a great love for the work of Ken Fandell a few years ago. His goofy, longwinded, often descriptive and, well, accurate, titles (they certainly invoke a thoughtful introspection) hang onto and compound the meaning of simple, bright, beautiful … Continue reading →

I was surprised to discover that Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison have introduced an understated set of color tones to their newest work — an unexpected shift from the methodically realized sepia otherworld they’d carefully constructed in photogravure for over a … Continue reading →

To describe them literally, the object still lifes of Olivia Parker are achingly bland. But the manner in which she renders these simple objects — that ever so slight depth-of-field; the delicate light of a quiet afternoon at home — … Continue reading →

Unable to fit in a visit to gallery PaceWildenstein on a recent venture to New York, I explored the online exhibition of Jim Dine: Pinocchio — sculptures inspired by Carlo Collodi’s boy puppet. My Angel (above) in particular grabbed my … Continue reading →