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Profaning Geometry, Venerating Uncertainty
Joanne Mattera, “Geometry 11” (2013), encaustic on wood (all images courtesy Elizabeth Harris Gallery) With much of the art population out of town for the summer, the city’s galleries are...
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When Painting Was an Unreasonable Vocation
Pat Passlof, “Promenade for a Bachelor” (1958), oil on linen, 68 x 68 in (all images courtesy Elizabeth Harris Gallery) You could say that art history is the documentation of periodic fatigue. Fatigued...
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When Was the Last Time You Thought About a Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar?
Elisa D’Arrigo, “on the run” (2014), glazed ceramic, 7 x 13 x 4 inches (all images courtesy Elizabeth Harris Gallery) (click to enlarge) Elisa D’Arrigo is best known for her wall works in which the...
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Scrap Master
Martha Clippinger, “puzzlin’ evidence” (2015) acrylic on wood, 12 x 8 1/2 x 1 inches (all images courtesy Elizabeth Harris Gallery) In 2012, Martha Clippinger had her first exhibition, Hopscotch, at...
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Mary Carlson’s Favorite Demons
Mary Carlson, “Swallow (after Giotto)” (2015), glazed porcelain, 1 3/4 x 6 x 1 1/2 inches (all images by the author for Hyperallergic) What does evil look like? The Prince of Darkness takes many forms...
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Hauntingly Anonymous Portraits by Victor Pesce
Installation view of Victor Pesce: Faces/Place at Elizabeth Harris Gallery (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) Painter Victor Pesce, it could be said, spent his life plying the divide between the...
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The Pleasures of DIY Art
Martha Clippinger: pieces at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, installation view (all images courtesy Elizabeth Harris Gallery) John Ashbery once told me that the reason why so many critics hated the New York...
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In These Paintings, Nature Is Both Imagined and Real
Julian Hatton, “Wishbone Point” (2018-19), oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches (all images courtesy of Elizabeth Harris Gallery) Julian Hatton’s Bewilderness at Elizabeth Harris Gallery brings visitors up to...
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