Ben Meyer’s review of British artist Jeremy Deller’s mid-carrer show at the University of Pennsylvania Institute of Contemporary Art emphasizes that the cross-cultural experience needs to be absorbed and enjoyed slowly. We agree. It takes time to step into other times and places. Many…
Some works of art seem to inherently invite a slower, more involved viewing experience. New American Painting contributor Brian Fee would agree in regards to Shara Hughes’ richly colored paintings currently exhibited at the American Contemporary in New York. In his review of her…
Reading Karen Rosenberg’s review of the Frick Collection’s show, “Mantegna to Mattise: Master Drawings From the Courtauld Gallery,” reminded me that large time-spanning exhibits need several slow looks. Rosenberg writes that “the installation… is roughly chronological. But it’s also dialogical,…
I loved this interview with Adam Niklewicz, by Two Coats of Paint writer Joe Bun Keo, about Niklewicz’ latest mural on an out-of-the-way wall in Hartford, Connecticut. I particularly liked the exchange between Joe Bun Keo and Nicklewicz regarding the…
The Art:21 New York Close Up documentary series just released a video on Erin Shirreff. Shirreff transforms the experience of looking at photos. She invites viewers to linger on a single photo. Each photo has multiple still images – each…