Category: painting

  • New Schools: Fort Lewis College Seniors explore “isms” in exhibit from Durango Herald

    In Durango, art students are not always exposed to the newest, most avant-garde work from the finest galleries and museums in New York, London and around the world. One will not find a fine art video or audio installation at FLC. (That may be problematic for students who want to pursue their MFAs, as new…

  • Denver Art Roundup: My thoughts on some recent gallery exhibitions

    Andrea Modica at BMOCA, Stephen Batura at Robischon Gallery and Monroe Hodder and Debra Salopek at William Havu Gallery

  • Recent artist spotlights from Cowboys & Indians magazine

    Tara Roberts, Jami Tobey and K. Henderson are featured in the Gallery Tour section of the December issue of Cowboys & Indians. The artist spotlights are written by Leanne Haase Goebel.

  • Best new gallery space in Denver features urban ambler Jean Arnold, originally published on adobeairstream.com

    The best new gallery space in Denver is Plus Gallery at 2501 Larimer Street in the ballpark neighborhood. Owned by Ivar Zeile, the gallery has been operating since 2001, but moved into their new space (pictured below) in March. On April 24, the gallery opened a solo exhibition of urban ambler Jean Arnold’s movement paintings.…

  • Time for an upgrade

    A blogger since July 2005 Leanne Goebel has moved her blog to wordpress. Her preferred subject matter continues to be contemporary art and culture based in or connected to the Rocky Mountain West and Southwest.

  • The Art of Numbers opens this week in Milford, PA

    UPDATE: Good Question Gallery is now online. Check out the link. “The Art of Numbers” at Good Question GalleryWorks By: Lisa Zukowski, Kate Okeson, and Monica GoldsmithOpening: Saturday, March 7th, 7pm to 9pmExhibit Runs: March 6th to March 29th, 2009 Good Question Gallery is pleased to present the “The Art of Numbers,” a show of…

  • Beyond Beauty, Durango Herald, March 17, 2009

    SITE Santa Fe exhibit pushes boundaries of aesthetics “You are here, 2008” Judith Schaechter Much contemporary art is highly intellectualized, sprouting from institutes of higher learning, embedded in a system that eschews beauty and prefers provocation. Art today is in-your-face, shocking, gigantic, but rarely is it pretty. At SITE Santa Fe, Laura Heon has curated…

  • Mind the Gap–Or Not

    Review of recent exhibit at Eight Modern Gallery in Santa Fe, NM Katherine Lee, “Exterior 13, New Mexico” “Mind the Gap” is a warning phrase and a reminder to passengers in the London Underground of the significant—and potentially dangerous—space between the train door and the station platform. To “Mind the Gap” means that one does…

  • Carson van Straaten Gallery showcasing the work of Julia Fernandez-Pol

    Carson van Straaten Gallery showcasing the work of Julia Fernandez-Pol. Carson van Straaten Gallery sent me two recent reviews by Kyle MacMillan and Michael Paglia of their current exhibit of work by Julia Fernandez-Pol. I find it interesting that the van Straatens are using the Carson gallery as a retail outlet for artists discovered during…

  • Monica Goldsmith and Kevin Bell in New American Paintings

    Two artist’s I’ve written about previously are featured in issue #78 of New American Paintings. Monica Goldsmith paints hard-edged, geometric abstractions dealing with the environment and land use. Goldsmith is an MFA candidate at the Art Institute of Boston. She is represented by Gallerie Urbane in Marfa, TX. Kevin Bell explores nature and human intervention…