National Museum of Modern Art, Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan
April 16–August 25, 2024
Playback revisits Abstract Art Exhibition: Japan and U.S.A. held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) in 1955. In conjunction with the exhibition, MOMAT has reprinted the 1955 catalogue along with a contemporary insert containing historical information and documentary materials.
Image: George L. K. Morris, Nocturnal Convergence, 1950
Journal No. 6 Past/Present: American Abstract Artist Members Honor Their Predecessors
American Abstract Artists’ sixth journal looks back on our history, as 32 members recall in word and image a former or past member, no longer living, who has inspired or encouraged us, or simply whose work we admire.
See the Journal No. 6 page for more information and for viewing and purchasing options.
ON BALANCE
New work by American Abstract Artists
Curated by Mary Birmingham
April 15–May 14
Art Cake
214 40th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Gallery Hours: Fri/Sat/Sun Noon–6p
Featured Artists:
Alice Adams, Liz Ainslie, Steven Alexander, Emily Berger, Jeffrey Bishop, Susan Bonfils, Marvin Brown, Jacob Cartwright, James Clark, Gabriele Evertz, Laurie Fendrich, Joanne Freeman, Cris Gianakos, Gary Golkin, Gail Gregg, James Gross, Lynne Harlow, Carl E. Hazlewood, Mara Held, Pinkney Herbert, Daniel G. Hill, Gilbert Hsiao, Rhia Hurt, Julian Jackson, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Marthe Keller, Iona Kleinhaut, Victor Kord, Jane Logemann, Stephen Maine, Nancy Manter, Joanne Mattera, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Judith Murray, Lisa Nanni, Jim Osman, Rob de Oude, John Phillips, Corey Postiglione, Lucio Pozzi, Raquel Rabinovich, Ce Roser, Irene Rousseau, Cordy Ryman, Lorenza Sannai, Karen Schifano, Mary Schiliro, Claire Seidl, Edward Shalala, Susan Smith, Melissa Staiger, Li Trincere, Kim Uchiyama, Don Voisine, Stephen Westfall, Jeanne Wilkinson, Mark Williams, Thornton Willis, Patricia Zarate, Nola Zirin
Harmony and Contrast: Chromatic Painting at the Turn of the Century
by Jacob Cartwright
May 12, 2022
Published to accompany the exhibition HARMONY AND CONTRAST: Chromatic Painting at the Turn of the Century
presented by TRANSMITTER, Brooklyn, NY, May 14–June 19, 2022
Featuring works by:
Siri Berg, Gabriele Evertz, Daniel G. Hill, and Vincent Longo
Exhibition curated by Jacob Cartwright and Rob de Oude (more…)
Alice Adams is an American artist known for her sculpture and site-specific land art of the 1960s and 1970s, and, since the mid-1980s, her public art projects in cities across the United States. I first encountered Adams’ work when I was curating one of the 80th anniversary exhibitions for the American Abstract Artists, in 2016. I was intrigued by her sculpture and installation work, and the great range of projects she had undertaken in her career. We spoke via FaceTime earlier this spring. (more…)
This exhibition includes the 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio and the 2019 suite of Digital Monoprints.
A pdf of the catalogue of the 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio can be viewed here.
To flip through the pages of the catalogue at issuu.com click here.
A pdf of the catalogue of the American Abstract Artists: Digital Monoprints 2019 can be viewed here. To flip through the pages of the catalogue at issuu.com click here.