FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS
Contra Naturam at ICEHOUSE Project Space
I was invited to a unique preview of this upcoming show, Contra Naturam, at ICEHOUSE Project Space. For the uninitiated, this is an intimate space where artist KK Kozik invites artists to install, perform, and collaborate with the original ICEHOUSE on her property in Sharon, CT.
This is not just a work of art, but a collaborative masterpiece. Artist Janet Biggs and dancer Davian Robinson, under the curation of KK Kozik, have created a three-channel video installation. This is a profound response to William […]
Joshua Frankel’s One and the same body at Standard Space
Joshua Frankel’s Exposed to everything and attracting everyone
Joshua Frankel is a visual artist, animator, and director who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, NY. He lives at the Wassaic Project with his wife and artist, Eve Biddle. His current show, One and the same body, at Standard Space, which is run by Theo Coulombe, investigates how we relate to crowds.
The work is about, as Frankel comments, “how we’re drawn to crowds, the pleasure we […]
The Accidental Ceramicist – Josh Nathanson
It is a hot summer morning, and I am heading to interview Josh Nathanson, a ceramicist from Cape Town in South Africa who now lives near Stanfordville, NY. Josh and his husband Brett ran Gallery and Goods in Pine Plains, NY, for several years as an outlet for local artists, including themselves, to show their work. Within his practice Nathanson often utilizes locally grown plant material for his ceramic pieces in the summer months, so I am curious to see what is currently on […]
Furnace – Art on Paper presents Kim Schmidt Fine Art
We all love a pop-up, and this show is well worth browsing both the wall and flat files. Art dealer Kim Schmidt has taken over Furnace – Art on Paper, curating a salon-style show of works on paper with a large bandwidth. Schmidt is more often showing at art fairs, so seeing these works in the Northwest Corner is a treat, not to be missed.
A small Howard Hodgkin, one of my early influences, sits alongside a Richard Diebenkorn print; it is joyous to […]
