Amanda Thackray: Surface Tension at NJCU

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Amanda Thackray with A Tangle; A Swarm; A Precondition of the Plastisphere, 2021

In her solo exhibition at the Lemmerman Gallery in NJCU curated by Doris Cacoilo, Amanda Thackray presents her handmade paper installations, prints and sculpture which altogether comment on plastic pollution and the fragility of marine environment. The artist creates an allegorical environment which both reflects and distorts an aquatic world.

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Natalie Westbrook: Surface Tension at Freight + Volume

In Dialogue with Natalie Westbrook


Natalie Westbrook in her studio, 2021.Image courtesy the artist. Photography Johannes DeYoung.

The Pittsburgh based painter Natalie Westbrook’s solo show at Freight + Volume in Tribeca features her recent body of bold and highly energetic paintings ranging from monochromes to vivid colors. Jeffrey Grunthaner writes in his essay for the show that Westbrook’s works “confront the limits of what painting makes possible.” The show runs from May 21st to June 26th, 2021.

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Peter Fox – Surface Tension at the Front Room Gallery

Peter Fox, Second self, 2018, courtesy of the artist
Peter Fox, Second self, 2018, courtesy of the artist

“Surface Tension”, Peter Fox’s third solo exhibition with Front Room gallery features a series of new paintings in which he manifests a controlled self-reflexive state – the layered painting application itself defines form and gesture. In this new series Fox has reduced his palette to earth tones, creating a rich counterpoint – burnt siennas, dark browns and yellow ochres play off cool blues in Payne’s grey.  Continue reading “Peter Fox – Surface Tension at the Front Room Gallery”