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Lee Bontecou’s Nostromo

By Romanov Grave | Published: December 4, 2011

  — so foul a sky clears not without a storm (Shakespeare) Preparations: Take a walk in the common space of Olmsted’s horticultural park, central to Manhattan island geography. Linger for a moment at Willowdell Arch to appreciate the  stone voussoirs that line the arcade and support the rusticated underpass; and then allow a few [...]

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Foreign Correspondents

By Romanov Grave | Published: November 3, 2011
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Bellini’s Protestation

By Romanov Grave | Published: November 3, 2011

I recently found myself at The Frick Collection in New York (having temporarily escaped time and gravitational confines), where I was captivated by ‘St. Francis in the Desert’ – also called ‘St. Francis in Ecstasy.’ The artist Bellini raises endless questions for this visitor -I found some background on the protagonist of the picture: Trained [...]

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The Apex Is Nothing

By Romanov Grave | Published: October 31, 2011
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Alfred Jensen created works of art whose conception was subject to extra-aesthetic imperatives, even to the point of forcing “un-aesthetic” decisions.  This show exhibits essentially abstract works by a range of artists whose visual power is likewise catalyzed by the incursion or absorption of factors beyond the picture plane. The center of energy in Jensen’s [...]

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LEE UFAN & HANS-PETER FELDMANN at the GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM by Nick Van Zanten

By Romanov Grave | Published: July 30, 2011

The two main shows up now at the Guggenheim, a Lee Ufan retrospective and Hans-Peter Feldmann’s Hugo Boss Prize show, are quite worth seeing.  Hans-Peter Feldmann’s work in particular seemed to give museum-goers pleasure, as I noticed many of them rubbing up against the walls of money and posing for pictures in front of it.  [...]

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PAE WHITE – RESTLESS RAINBOW by Nick Van Zanten

By Romanov Grave | Published: July 30, 2011

  Pae White’s Restless Rainbow has taken over a terrace on the third floor of the Art Institute of Chicago’s new Modern Wing, with an outpouring of bright colors printed on opaque vinyl along the glass walls.  Why this terrace is where it is, what’s so striking about it and why part of it hosts [...]

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RYAN TRECARTIN – ANY EVER by Nick Van Zanten

By Romanov Grave | Published: July 30, 2011
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Video artist Ryan Trecartin, a veteran of Younger Than Jesus at the New Museum and the 2006 Whitney Biennial, inaugural winner of the monumental Jack Wolgin prize, RISD graduate, and 30-year old, is showing his very ambitious new piece Any Ever at PS1 this summer, marking his triumphant return to that museum for the first [...]

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Judith Linhares – Interview at Ed Thorpe Gallery

By Romanov Grave | Published: May 23, 2011
Judith Linhares at Ed Thorpe, New York

We interviewed Judith Linhares at Ed Thorpe Gallery in New York during her show, Riptide, in March of 2011. In each segment one question is asked and answered, including topics like the “Bad Painting” show, her first exhibition and numinous moments.

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Spiral Bound – When Found Make a Note of

By Romanov Grave | Published: May 17, 2011

Essay for Spiral Bound “WHEN FOUND, MAKE A NOTE OF” –Captain Cuttle in Dickens Dombey and Son “Passed over for the Nobel prize,” Freud glibly notes in his journal: Or this: a tale is told of the leaders of the Irish revolution traveling to Moscow in 1919. They meet with Lenin. Lenin asks them “How [...]

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Spiral Bound Press Release

By Romanov Grave | Published: May 17, 2011
Spiral Bound - notebooks by artists from New York and San Diego

Notebooks by Artists from New York and San Diego Artists have always used some system of recording their developing images, plans and speculations as part of their ongoing studio practice. These nascent expressions of the analytic and intuitive aspects of the creative mind fascinate us both for what they imply and what they express clearly: [...]

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