Poised between ominous children’s toys and sophisticated constructions, Putnam’s work elicits humor, pathos, repulsion and play.
Archives for September 2014
Guy Overfelt @ Evergold
Overfelt’s hopped up Trans Am awakens the speed-crazed teenager in all of us, while warning of the consequences of unquenched consumption.
Clem Crosby @ George Lawson
The apparent off-hand ease in Crosby’s entanglements of line shows his skill and rigor as a painter.
Barbara Takenaga @ Gregory Lind
Her glowing cosmic iconography puts a fresh spin on notions of the “New Sublime”
Annabeth Rosen @ Paule Anglim
With an energy that “hovers between joy and rage” Rosen continues to stretch the boundaries of ceramic sculpture.
Lauren DiCioccio @ Jack Fischer
Mixing Surrealism and Dadaism her textile-based sculptures seduce by summoning contradictory associations.
Ruth Pastine @ Brian Gross
Pastine’s paintings turn the human body into a tuning fork, and the gallery into a vivid sensorium.