Tag Archive "larry-becker-contemporary-art"
Minimal, Emotional, and Visceral in Old City
Two types of minimalism sit side by side on 2nd street this month. At Larry Becker Contemporary Art Max Cole: Light and Line contains thirteen recent paintings in black and white. Cole’s work has changed in subtle shifts over 30 years and this new work is very consistent with her painting style while continuing that steady development. Horizontal stripes dominate the paintings, but on inspection some of the wide swaths are constructed of tiny parallel vertical lines that blend together into soft, tonal areas. As hairs combine to create the solid mass of a paintbrush, these individual strokes merge into ... More » »
How white is white? Larry Becker’s Luminous Room asks you to contemplate
There’s still time to see the white-on-white painting show, Luminous Room, at Larry Becker in Old City. The group show — including a new painting by Robert Ryman (made with putty and epoxy and looking violet in some lights) — will be up until shortly before the next show of works by Kocot and Hatton, which opens on March 21 with a reception from 5-7 PM. Call Heidi and Larry first to make sure they’re in before you take off to visit the gallery. 215 925 5389. Luminous room at Larry Becker. Ryman’s painting is on the back wall flanked ... More » »
Weekly Update – Quentin Morris at Larry Becker
This week’s Weekly has my editor’s choice review of Quentin Morris‘s show at Larry Becker Contemporary Art. Below is the copy with a few pictures. Untitled (October 2005), 2005 Black gesso and acrylic painting mediums on canvas; ca. 72” diameter and through the doorway is Untitled (July 2006), 2006 Black gesso and acrylic painting mediums on canvas; ca. 72” diameter. Photo courtesy of the gallery. Quentin Morris’ all-black circle paintings look like portals into another dimension. Spaced at regular intervals, the unframed 72-inch canvases are pinned to the walls, and their regularity and blackness evoke the night sky seen through ... More » »
Take back the night
Additive Subtractive Primaries–Red, 2005-2006, oil stick on linen over birch panel, 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches We’re all living at supersonic speeds. Think about the movies we see. Compare them to the movies of 40 years earlier. The old ones seem pokey. We have gotten so used to the tight cutting that we accept eclipsed time as a given in our mental geography. Moonlight, 29 August 2004)video still The artist team Kocot and Hatton, husband and wife, are working in the opposite direction. Their videos of natural phenomena are real time. And their paintings and drawings are records of ... More » »
