about 11 months ago (01/28/2024)

The sharp, solitary eye of Sonia Gechtoff – Two Coats of Paint Sonia Gechtoff, Untitled , 1986, acrylic and graphite on paper mounted to linen, 38 1/4 × 46 inches Contributed by Natasha Sweeten / The contemplative works of Ukrainian American artist Sonia Gechtoff (born in Philadelphia 1926, died in NYC 2018), now on view at Bortolami and Andrew Kreps Gallery, range from the 1960s to early 2000s, but for me they evoke the frontality of Russian iconography , the dynamism of Italian Futurism , and the fractal abstractions of Sonia Delaunay...

about 13 months ago (11/30/2023)

Colin Brant’s communion with the inconstant – Two Coats of Paint Colin Brant, Lake Louise / Poppies, oil on canvas, 50 x 60 inches Contributed by Natasha Sweeten / You might consider the title of Colin Brant’s quietly inspiring exhibition “Mountains Like Rivers,” currently on view at Platform Project Space, an invitation to a world flipped on its end: what’s inherently solid becomes liquid, what’s up is now down...