{"id":45472,"date":"2022-07-02T11:24:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T16:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=45472"},"modified":"2022-07-02T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T19:30:24","slug":"painting-as-is-ii-nathalie-karg-pix-from-the-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2022\/07\/02\/painting-as-is-ii-nathalie-karg-pix-from-the-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"~’PAINTING AS IS II’ . . NATHALIE KARG \/ PIX FROM THE OPENING"},"content":{"rendered":"

turns out, this<\/em> summer belongs – to the city !!<\/p>\n

‘PAINTING AS IS II’ – CURATED BY TIM WILSON & HEIDI HAHN
\nJUNE 28 . . up thru AUG 26, 2022
\nNATHALIE KARG<\/a>, 291 GRAND ST., NYC 10002
\nHRS: TUES-SAT \/ 10 AM – 6 PM<\/p>\n

a provocative, yet joyous look at just how diverse – ‘painting’ is . . now.
\nfrom whimsical to graphic . . to the absolute, outright breaking – of conservative conventions.
\noverall, the take-away is . . that visuality – rules !!
\nthe voyage to a painterly ‘surface’ – is no longer always stationary, but can be multi-faceted, sculptural,
\nif not even . . 3-dimensional, if not even . . infinite, as in digital projection.
\nin short . . the curators put forward, a wonderful swirl – of new thinking.<\/p>\n

PIX FROM THE OPENING – TUES EVENING, JUNE 27, 2022 \/ NYC
\nPHOTOS BY – NANCY SMITH <\/p>\n

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\nso . . this is how !!
\nthose curious chunks of landscape-looking paintings on the show’s flyer, really are in person !!
\ndancing between realism, and sculpture, they are . . indeed 3-D wall mounts.
\nand so, the . . questioning – begins.<\/p>\n

JAMES HYDE, series of 3 small ‘chunky’ paintings, done between 1998 and 2004 \/
\nFresco on styrofoam \/ 14 x 13 x 14 in. \/ 15 x 17 x 13 in. \/ 16 x 14 x 14 in.<\/p>\n

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\nJAMES HYDE, so nice to see the artist – at the opening !!<\/p>\n

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\nNATHALIE KARG – she pretty much let the art do the talking, and,on a hot summer’s eve – that was so<\/em> pleasant.
\nwhile the city outside felt gritty, the art – was circling around the space, ahead of the conventional curve.
\nbut, through it all ran an intelligence \/ it all felt like a discussion, and, not a chaos.
\nnot a discord. it was a river, not a wall. <\/p>\n

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\nthe curators: HEIDI HAHN & TIM WILSON.
\nit was as if, they had held out their arms, and embraced different ‘forms’ of painting.
\nthe one whole thought, holding the wide array together \/ being that their visual impression or impact . .
\nwas . . key. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nDAN WALSH, ‘Sequence’, 2019. (detail)
\nAcrylic on canvas \/ 55 x 55 in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nJAENA KWON, ‘Tear’, 2017.
\nAcrylic on light density fiberboard \/ 27 x 30-1\/2 x 1 in.
\nshaped canvas ‘paintings’, have long been considered paintings, so, why not go – all the way !!
\ntowards . . 3-D sculpture, and even – digital projection.
\nnote: the depth of the work, has been noted in the artwork description… 1 in. (!!)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nat first glance, this seems a straight-forward, though complex, transparent & subtle colored \/ painting on a wall.
\nNot. <\/p>\n

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\nBLINN and LAMBERT \/ aka NICHOLAS STEINDORF & KYLE WILLIAMS, ‘Ampersand’, 2019.
\nTwo-channel 16mm film
\n1:47 loop, silent. Edition of 3 plus 2 artist’s proofs<\/p>\n

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\nKYLE WILLIAMS, 1\/2 of the collaborative duo: BLINN and LAMBERT.
\nthe stance of a theoretical – provocateur ?
\nthe crux of the matter – behind him,
\non the left: BLINN and LAMBERT’s digital . . painting ‘surface’.
\non the right: the transparency of a more conventional painting, by NATHLIE PROVOSTY.
\nNATHALIE PROVOSTY, ‘June 21, 2022’, 2022.
\nOil on linen \/ 36 x 23 in.<\/p>\n

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\nBLINN and LAMBERT \/ aka KYLE WILLIAMS & NICHOLAS STEINDORF, with BENNY MERRIS.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nBENNY MERRIS, ‘An Other Another 194’, 2021.
\nArchival pigment print in artist frame \/ 40-1\/2 x 30-1\/2 in.
\nthings work both ways, this is a print. is a ‘pigment’ print – a painting ?
\nwhy, not ?<\/p>\n

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\nSARAH BRAMAN, ‘Fit’, 2022.
\nMaple and glass \/ 40 x 29 x 23 in.
\nI had never thought of Sarah’s free-standing assemblages – as ‘paintings’, but – seriously . . why, not !!
\nthough the shapes are interesting, especially in their contrasting materials, yet harmonious, and very basic 3-D functionality, what really captures one’s imagination – are the play of the colors, and the light, and the qualities of opaque vs transparent. and, especially how the colored light – interacts with its environment.
\nand, I guess that would include considering how the center ‘hole’ of the wood base – does too.
\njust thinking of this ‘sculpture’ – as a ‘painting’, brings so much more of this creative statement \/ and the properties
\nof the different materials it is beholden to \/ wood vs. colored glass \/ to life.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\na painting is a sculpture is a free-standing assemblage, definitely.
\nespecially – on a hot summer’s night !!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nOREN PINHASSI, Urinal (NYC I), 2018 + Urinal (NYC II), 2018.
\nGlass, steel, plaster, burlap sand, and pigment \/ 57-1\/2 x 19-3\/4 x 20-1\/8 in.
\nand then we have: Oren Pinhassi !!
\nis the space inside, between the shapes – the painting, that’s the . . stretch !! <\/p>\n

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\nTHERESA DADDEZIO, ‘Magnetized Bloom’, 2021.
\noil on linen \/ 36 x 24 in.
\nwhich is to say, even conventional flat painted surfaces – react to their surroundings.
\nand the total effect – is a painting ??<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nROCHELLE FEINSTEIN, ‘Sampler 1984\/2020’, 2022.
\nacrylic, enamel spray paint, yarn, and embroidery floss on cotton drop cloth \/ 50 x 50 in.
\nyes, I would say – this a painting \/
\njust the way a quilt – is not<\/em> a bed-covering \/ it’s a painting: a visual composition, an inspiration.<\/p>\n

dropping by the opening, <\/p>\n

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\nHAILEY JOSEPHS . . at center \/
\nand yes, a t-shirt – can be a painting. :) :) !!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nMINKA FARTHING KOHL, DP \/ Director of Photography.
\nI bet he might have something to say – on all of this.
\nphotography vs painting vs the world !! <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCHRIS WATTS .. painter & now I guess – media celeb !!
\nnow, that’s an obtuse . . consideration, in its own right \/ painter vs celebrity, :) :) !!
\nCHRIS WATTS . . is one of the young artists featured in ‘THE ART of MAKING IT’ . . !!
\na new documentary about the struggles vs ambitions (!!) in the art world, directed by KELCEY EDWARDS,
\nand which opened at the IFC Center in NYC, this past JUNE 29th,
\nand runs thru . . Tuesday, July 5, 2022. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nCHRIS WATTS , one of the featured artists in . . ‘THE ART of MAKING IT’.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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