Tag Archives: What State Abstraction

Marc Handelman & Cheryl Donegan

January 8, 2010 – 2:32 pm

abstraction_diptychIn the final installment of the WHAT STATE ABSTRACTION series, Marc Handelman and Cheryl Donegan discuss the resurgence of abstract painting in the early 2000s.

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Carroll Dunham & Keltie Ferris

December 18, 2009 – 1:44 pm

Keltie Ferris, ST. SEBASTIAN, 2009. Oil, acrylic, sprayed paint & oil pastel on canvas, 80 x 80 inches. Courtesy of Horton & Liu, New York, NY. Photo: Mark Woods, New York, NY.
In this penultimate installment, Caroll Dunham and Keltie Ferris discuss “bitchiness” in Abstract painting.

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Jason Fox & Eva Lundsager

December 11, 2009 – 6:39 pm

Jason Fox, DISILLUSIONISM, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 32 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Jason Fox and Eva Lundsager discuss the sense of freedom that comes with abstract painting.

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Steve DiBenedetto & Eric Wendel

December 4, 2009 – 3:04 pm

Eric Wendel, EXTRA MEDIUM VERSION, 2009, 54 x 66 inches, oil and glitter on canvas. Courtesy the artist.
Eric Wendel describes his predilection for abstraction despite its contradictory nature, while Steve DiBenedetto imagines his own abstract exchange.

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Jessica Dickinson & Philip Taaffe

November 30, 2009 – 1:33 pm

Philip Taaffe, HERCULANEUM, 1991 , mixed media on linen 112 x 145 inches.
In this installment, Jessica Dickinson and Philip Taaffe answer the question “What is the current state of abstraction?”

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Dan Walsh & Amy Sillman

November 20, 2009 – 2:45 pm

Amy Sillman DETAIL from "Fatso," 2009, oil/canvas, full painting 7'x7.5', area of detail: approx 8 inches.
Earlier this year I posed a question to 12 admired painters: “What is the current state of abstraction?” The following is a collection of their responses, spanning the absurd, the analytical, and the visionary, all linked by an undercurrent of curiosity for the unknown.

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