Wednesday, November 26, 2014

JOHN WALKER


JohnWalker, Back and Forth, 2013


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ZAK PREKOP


Zak Prekop, Two Patterns, 2011



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MARK GROTJAHN


Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Black and Copenhagen Blue Butterfly), 2013





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Saturday, November 22, 2014

ADLER GUERRIER - Formulating a Plot @ Perez Art Museum


Adler Guerrier


Adler Guerrier


Adler Guerrier


Adler Guerrier


Adler Guerrier









BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 11-24-14


This Week – More Richter:

Gerhard Richter, Abstract Painting, (catalogue raisonné 846-2), 2000
Last week was fun and explorative and let's extend these explorations we've started with squeegees and alternative palette knives.  I also found an interesting article from Jerry Saltz about impersonating Richter's squeegee style.  See below and see you in class.

Saltz Challenges: Produce a Perfect Faux Gerhard Richter Painting and I'll Buy It
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GEOFFERY FARMER - Let's Make the Water Turn Black @ Perez Art Museum, Miami




Geoffery Farmer


Geoffery Farmer


Geoffery Farmer









MIAMI ABSTRACT MURAL



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BEATRIZ MILHAZES - Jardim Botânico @ Perez Art Museum, Miami



Beatriz Milhazes, Macho e Fêmea (Male and Female), 1995


Beatriz Milhazes


Beatriz Milhazes, O Mágico (The Magic), 2001


Beatriz Milhazes, Mariposa (Moth), 2004


Beatriz Milhazes


Beatriz Milhazes


Beatriz Milhazes, Potato Dreaming, 2013


Beatriz Milhazes, O Cravo e a Rosa (The Carnation and the Rose), 2000









Saturday, November 15, 2014

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 11-17-14


This week we want to explore an alternative processes of painting.  This includes, yes, using a squeegee instead of brush (or a slice of cardboard of some kind).  This will allow you to blur and change your surface in unexpected ways.  You can do this with a good paint knife too but the long span of the blade on a squeegee makes it ideal to change large area of your painting.





Cheap plastic or gold plated - either way it works.  Find at hardware store - an excellent alternative to the art store (cheaper for sure).  Or the more traditional printmaker's squeegee below (not cheap or necessary):



Gerhard Richter is the master of the squeegee and the blurred brush painting, and we'll take inspiration in this kind of technique from him.  I made a post of his work: LINK






Tuesday, November 11, 2014

MARK BRADFORD - Sea Monsters @ The Rose Art Museum



Mark Bradford



Mark Bradford


Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford











CONVERSATION PEICE @ MFA Boston


Jamie Davidovich, Blue, Red, Yellow, 1974


pedro Reyes, Colloquium, 2014


Sarah Crowner, Curtains (Vida perfectas), 2011








Monday, November 10, 2014

GERHARD RICHTER


Gerhard Richter


Gerhard Richter


Gerhard Richter


Gerhard Richter










BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 11-10-14


This week we've been blessed with an awesome exhibition of painting from the MCC Fellows in Painting installed in the gallery at the New Art Center.  This is excellent resource material to look at for inspiration of technique and approaches in a contemporary fashion.  I think we should all take the time to take a gander through the show to help us in our quest of painting activity.  It's a short show, so I would like to impress it upon you to make this class your chance to look before it's gone!  

Continue with your projects or make a painting in class from what you see in the gallery.  See you in class.  Here is my link to my post of the art being exhibited at the New Art Center: LINK




FRANKLIN EVANS @ Steven Zevitas Gallery


Franklin Evans


Franklin Evans


Franklin Evans









CRAIG DRENNEN - Poet & Awful @ Samson Projects


Craig Drennen


Exhibition Install


Craig Drennen









JOHN WALKER - New Works @ Adelson Galleries Boston


John Walker


John Walker

John Walker


John Walker


John Walker











MCC ARTIST FELLOWS & FINALISTS IN PAINTING @ New Art Center



Exhibition Install


Sean Downey


Azadeh Tajpour

Vanessa Michalak


Candice Smith Corby


Steve Locke


Frank Egloff


Bill Thompson


Mary Lum


Robert Oppenheim


Sean Greene


Ben Sloat


Timothy Kadish


Linda Meiko Allen


Samuel Rowlett











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I'm an artist originally from Flint, MI now residing in Boston, MA. In-between I practiced my art in NYC and overseas in Scotland. I've been using this blog to situate Boston art and artists amongst the International scene of contemporary art. You can find my art on www.brent-ridge.com