http://stephentruax.com/wordpress Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:04:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/review-thomas-scheibitz-at-tanya-bonakdar/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/review-thomas-scheibitz-at-tanya-bonakdar/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:04:37 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=673
Thomas Scheibitz, A Panoramic View of Basic Events, 2011, oil, vinyl, lacquer, pigment marker, and spray paint on canvas, 74 ¾” x 114 1/8”. Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. Tanya Bonakdar Gallery - New York … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/review-thomas-scheibitz-at-tanya-bonakdar/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/review-matthew-brannon-at-kasey-caplan-gallery/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/review-matthew-brannon-at-kasey-caplan-gallery/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:02:38 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=668
Matthew Brannon, Pleasure / Guilty, 2011, wood, metal enamel, 5.5” x 16.5” x 1.4”. ©Matthew Brannon. Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York. Photo Credit: Cathy Carver. Casey Kaplan – New York New York-based artist Matthew Brannon … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/review-matthew-brannon-at-kasey-caplan-gallery/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/the-first-rule-of-the-whitney-biennial-is-you-dont-talk-about-the-biennial/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/the-first-rule-of-the-whitney-biennial-is-you-dont-talk-about-the-biennial/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:00:09 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=664
Andrew Masullo (b. 1957). 5030, 2008–10. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches. Collection of the artist. © Andrew Masullo; courtesy Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles Whitney Museum of American Art - New York It’s impossible to write a straight … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/07/08/the-first-rule-of-the-whitney-biennial-is-you-dont-talk-about-the-biennial/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/review-art-blog-art-blog/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/review-art-blog-art-blog/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:11:28 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=649
ART BLOG ART BLOG, organized by Joshua Abelow, consisted of 10 exhibitions from May 13 through October 29, 2011, in New York. The democratization of power in the New York art world is a direct result of young artists and … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/review-art-blog-art-blog/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/review-jeremy-shaw-best-minds-at-moma-ps1/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/review-jeremy-shaw-best-minds-at-moma-ps1/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:08:24 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=652 Warning: Division by zero in /home/stephent/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rss-image-feed/image-rss.php on line 187

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Jeremy Shaw's solo exhibition Best Minds, organized by Klaus Biesenbach, was on view at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, New York from September 10 through October 10, 2011 A curious room-sized 3-channel video surrounds the viewer in the … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/review-jeremy-shaw-best-minds-at-moma-ps1/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/08/22/review-lee-ufan-marking-infinity/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/08/22/review-lee-ufan-marking-infinity/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:18:44 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=636 Warning: Division by zero in /home/stephent/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/rss-image-feed/image-rss.php on line 187

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Lee Ufan breaking the glass for Relatum (formerly Phenomena and Perception B), 1968/2011, during installation of Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June - September 2011. On view at the Guggenheim, the Korean-born Japanese … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/08/22/review-lee-ufan-marking-infinity/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/07/18/why-criticism-is-not-bad/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/07/18/why-criticism-is-not-bad/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:08:45 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=610
I was taught in art school that criticism was not only the most useful tool in art, but that it was also the most highly-desired outcome of any form of creative production. Without criticism, our work exists in a vacuum … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/07/18/why-criticism-is-not-bad/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/07/10/artists-in-bushwick/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/07/10/artists-in-bushwick/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:01:50 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=584
At first glance, Bushwick looks like a collection of random, disconnected artists from all over the country who came to New York to “make it.” They came to this neighborhood for its abundance of available studio space, and a community … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/07/10/artists-in-bushwick/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/06/15/diy-bushwick/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/06/15/diy-bushwick/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:37:23 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=587
In keeping with their DIY approach, artists in Bushwick often employ entrepreneurial economic models, like the manifold small businesses opening alongside them. By creating a new forum for exhibitions, and in taking on multiple roles beyond “artist,” they have located one recourse from the power structures of the institutional and commercial art world. Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/06/15/diy-bushwick/feed/ 0 http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/06/07/j-pasilas-postmodern-portrait-of-the-artists-studio/ http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/06/07/j-pasilas-postmodern-portrait-of-the-artists-studio/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:56 +0000 Stephen Truax http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/?p=580
On view at Momenta Art during Bushwick Open Studios 2011, J. Pasila's project is an exploration of artists' studio walls as metaphor for digital walls of photography. The images portray apparently blank walls lit probably as they were found on … Continue reading →]]> http://stephentruax.com/wordpress/2011/06/07/j-pasilas-postmodern-portrait-of-the-artists-studio/feed/ 0