Thursday 19 January 2012

Subjects of the Painter

Jeffrey Dennis is the first interview of 2012 in Subjects of the Painter. Click on Post Title or the SOTP link above.


 The Artist Successfully Levitating in the Studio/ oil and charcoal on canvas/ 35.5 x 40.5cm/ 2011

Monday 16 January 2012

Imagination Becomes Reality

The publications that accompanied this series of shows (click on Post Title) are difficult to collect as a set now. However, the online archive provides a great overview of works included in this very interesting look at notions of expanded painting practice, which took place from 2005 to 2007 at ZKM, Karlsruhe.


Foreground: Tal R, 'Tit and Ditte'/ installation shot/ ZKM, Karlsruhe


Thursday 12 January 2012

Noblesse Oblige

Click on Post Title for link to an article from a month or so ago on  +BILLION-  blog, for an interesting take on the positioning of painting within the curation of group shows. The 'obligation' it refers to (to place paintings within certain exhibitions) has got NOCM thinking about 'the Tuymans effect' that sprung perhaps from Documenta 11 in 2002; also remembering that he was included in that show along with  very few other painters- Cecilia Edefalk, Leon Golub and (at a push) Raymond Pettibon.

Luc Tuymans/ Leopard/ 2000

Also, nice link here to 2004 interview: