Peter Sacks- Artforum.com

Artforum.com published a review of Peter Sacks' "Paintings" Exhibition, in the "Critics Picks" column.

Peter Sacks: "Paintings", by Leora Maltz-Leca

"They are 'critical' Kantian paintings in this sense, although ones concerned less with cognitive bounds than with the multidimensional cartographies of consciousness that lie between, that is, with painting spinning thoughts and their unraveling. The Derridean thread metaphor seems apt for an artist who so self-consciously plays with the tissue of the canvas and the warp and weft of timeworn linens, trawling spare threads across paint like errant lines of drawing."

To read the review,click on the link. /Peter%20Sacks%20Artforum.com%20review.pdf

Peter Sacks: Paintings

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 29, 6-8 p.m.

Paul Rodgers / 9W Gallery is pleased to announce "Paintings", an exhibition by American painter Peter Sacks. The exhibition consists of painting and collage in mixed media and in a variety of formats which extend to the monumental. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue, commissioned by the gallery, with full color illustrations, featuring a substantial essay by celebrated author and New Yorker critic, Louis Menand. "Paintings," is the first opportunity for the New York art scene to experience Peter Sacks' exciting and expansive art that incorporates found objects, lace, cardboard, cloth and manually type-written text, along with the whole range of painting technique.

detail from Visitation 3 - Job and Dante, 2003-2008, mixed media, 76 3/4 x 51 1/4 inches (195 x 130 cm)

Peter Sacks, an expatriate, was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and raised in Durban. Sacks has taught at Johns Hopkins and Harvard, and is a published author and poet. Sacks' paintings contain a rich visual palette combining a complex appreciation of historical texts and vivid experiences of his South African background with its fraught political climate. Viewing a Sacks painting is an event that becomes increasingly significant with time - each layer introduces a new emotion, motif or experience, and embodies an important moment in the life of the artist and our own history.

Joseph Marioni - 'Contemplation Room' at Art Basel

Joseph Marioni exhibited a special installation at the Art Unlimited pavilion of the 2009 Basel Art Fair. A reception was held on Monday, June 8th.

Marioni has conceived this special project as a model for painting environments that he proposes to create in specific public and private spaces. The unique element in Marioni's vision is that his paintings will be created on site and in an encounter with the natural light of each location. Each Marioni "Contemplation Room" will belong to its special environment.

This presentation of the "Contemplation Room" is dedicated to Ernst Beyeler in recognition for his support of Joseph Marioni's work.

For information: http://www.artbasel.com/go/id/elj/
For a link to an Art Basel feature page: http://www.artbasel.com/go/id/kwj/page/2/

Lucinda Devlin - Lapham's Quarterly

Lapham's Quarterly, in their Spring 2009
"Crimes & Punishments" issue, featured Lucinda Devlin's photo Electric Chair, Holman Unit, Atmore, Alabama, 1991 from 'The Omega Suites.' The photo was featured inside the article "Staking a Life" writen by Christopher Hitchens. To read the article, please click here.

To see more of Lucinda Devlin's work, please visit the artist's page.

Simon Hantai - Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal published an article about Simon Hantai and his son, harpsichordist and renowned musician, Pierre Hantai on December 31th, in the Life & Style section.
To read the article, please click here

The Creative Harpsichordist
By BENJAMIN IVRY
"Pierre Hantai's father is the French painter, Simon Hantai,
one of the rare cases in history of a great painter siring a great musician" ...

To read other articles about Hantai from leading publications,
please scroll down to the listings on the artist's page under Press Releases.

Simon Hantai - Art in America

Art in America published an obituary about Simon Hantai, written by Raphael Rubenstein, Art World section, in their December 2008 issue. To read this notice, please click here

"...Hantai is hardly the only important Parisian artist to be ignored by the American art world since the so-called triumph of American painting, but he is, arguably, one of the most unfairly overlooked..."

To read other articles about Hantai from leading publications,
please scroll down to the listings on the artist's page under Press Releases.

Joseph Marioni at the McNay

ARTMATTERS 13 - Joseph Marioni: Liquid Light
October 22, 2008 - January 18, 2009

Organized by the McNay, this exhibition features the lush, nearly monochromatic, light-filled paintings of New York based artist Joseph Marioni, drawn primarily from the artist's personal collection and installed according to his designs. The presentation is part of ARTMATTERS, a series of exhibitions that has recently included an installation by Ernesto Pujol, ceramics by Lynda Benglis, and photographs by Jane Hammond.