Displaying a level of obsession that rivals Agnes Martin’s, Tabatabai makes a strong case for the ongoing vitality of Minimalism.
Archives for December 2011
Shows & Waterston @ Haines
Shows, a peerless collagist, and Waterston, an established master, explore geologic wonders.
Rex Slinkard @ Cantor Arts Center
He’s been described as a “latter-day Transcendentalist with a brush.” But did he succeed as an artist? Ben Marks reports.
Peter Wayne Lewis @ JAYJAY
The relationship between jazz and abstract painting is long and storied. Lewis, channelling that history, shows he can hold a painterly groove.
Masters of Venice @ de Young Museum
“Beauty that was luxuriant, carnal and worldly” — that’s how critic Mark Van Proyen describes painting in Venice’s “Golden Age”.