January 2011
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Discovered: Suzan Frecon
Suzan Frecon is a well-established abstract painter, based in NYC. She was included in the 2010 Whitney Biennale and is represented by David Zwirner. When I stumbled across an image of hers today, my stomach dropped in a particular way that only happens when I see something truly beautiful. The sensation is associated with painting, and combines awe, recognition, and jealousy. Frecon’s...
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Beth Stuart at Battat Contemporary
Beth Stuart: Two Sticks in a Shed opens at Battat Contemporary next thursday, Jan.13, 6-8:30pm. The show runs from Jan.14 to Feb.26. The image advertising the show immediately had me hooked:
Perhaps because she paints on plaster panels, her paintings have slightly irregular shapes, a refreshing change from the usual rectangle. She completed her MFA at Guelph University, and was selected for...
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Shary Boyle: In the gardens of grotesque delight
Shary Boyle: ‘Flesh and Blood’ opened tonight at the UQAM gallery (1400 Berri). Naked flesh, delicate lace, monstrous flowers, dense foliage….Boyle’s imagination must be a rich, fertile place, in order to give birth to images as fantastic, seductive, and strange as these.
‘Otherworld Uprising’, a book published of Boyle’s work, features a...
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