O`LEARY ON TRACK WITH RIGOROUS NEW WORKS Alan G. Artner, Art critic CHICAGO TRIBUNE One of the keenest pleasures in contemporary art comes from watching young artists on the way toward fulfilling early promise. Helen O`Leary`s exhibition at the Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, 325 W. Huron St., gives precisely that pleasure, as her new abstract paintings show […]
Modern Macramé Fiber Artist Feature Blog Post – Jacqueline Surdell Meet Jacqueline Surdell – JAX. She is an interdisciplinary artist working with the histories, materials, and processes of fiber and painting. The results are large-scale macrame-tapestry-paintings thinking through the influences of landscape paintings historically and within contemporary culture. Read our Q&A with Jacqueline […]
Helen O’ Leary was born in County Wexford, Ireland received her BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (B.F.A., 1987, M.F.A., 1989). She has been honored with a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pollock-Krasner awards (1989, 1996) the Joan Mitchell Award for painting and sculpture ((2000); Skowhegan School of painting […]
Helen O’Leary in conversation with ArtFile Magazine’s Monique Atherton Helen O’Leary, Quarantine, 2014-2015 by Monique Atherton I COULD LISTEN TO HELEN O’LEARY TALK ALL DAY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I COULD LOOK AT HER PAINTINGS ALL DAY. FROM CAPTIVATING STORIES OF LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF […]
The most exciting new ceramic work I’ve seen in years: Linda Sormin at Patricia Sweetow Gallery, 315 Potrero Ave, SF…
PSG hosted a Panel Discussion with artist’s Tony Marsh, Nancy Selvin, and Linda Sormin, moderated by Erik Scollon. The event was attended by over 100. An informative discussion about their studio practice and community influences. The panel was in conjunction with their exhibition, through March 30, 2019. Photo Credit: David Schmitz Linda Sormin’s Visiting artist […]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has announced 16 finalists for its closely watched SECA Art Award for 2019. The awards are the region’s most prestigious recognition for emerging artists. The finalists, all of whom work and live in the Bay Area, are Sadie Barnette, Craig Calderwood, Sofia Cordova, Brett Goodroad, Nicki Green, Kunlin […]
Dialogue and criticism are integral to a vibrant arts community. With this view, I’ve invited Julia Couzens to write and edit posts about exhibitions and artists exhibiting at PSG. I’m excited and honored she has agreed to launch this experimental project – stay tuned!!! JULIA COUZENS is an artist who also writes about contemporary art. […]
Written by Julia Couzens Crusty, clotted, stacked, stamped, skewered and pinched, the ceramic art of Tony Marsh, Nancy Selvin, and Linda Sormin demonstrates clay’s power to defy expectations, to pick apart genre hierarchies, and to vehemently advocate for sensual exuberance. As a repository of touch, clay is unparalleled. As a medium for excavating social constructs, […]
MACLA’s ‘Xicanx Biennial’ Returns ‘Muxeres Rising’ grapples with issues of culture and gender fluidity January 16, 2019 by Jeffrey Edalatpour The largest work of art at MACLA’s seventh “Xicanx Biennial: Muxeres Rising” is Pilar Agüero-Esparza’s eight-paneled mural. Without knowing anything about the artist, you notice the earthen color palette and a series of interlocking […]