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Le Tableau at Cheim & Read and Shape Language at Klagsbrun


James Kalm, like the whole city, is sweltering in summer heat, and it seems local curators are trying to lower the temperatures in galleries by presenting a couple of exhibitions showing cool abstraction. "Le Tableau" curated by Joe Fyfe at Cheim & Read is a pairing of classic postwar abstract styles that contrasts American and French examples by some of the most influential artists of the last fifty years. "Shape Language" deals with current abstraction, and the vocabulary of forms used. Several works harken back to a previous generation's pioneers of shaped abstraction like Ellsworth Kelly and Frank Stella. Includes a brief interview with Joe Fyfe.


Joe Bradley and Chris Martin at Mitchell-Innes & Nash


James Kalm parks his bike, and slogs through a late winter blizzard to partake in the opening of this double show featuring two of contemporary paintings most exciting practitioners. Joe Bradley employs the trappings of high formalism, Minimalism and an austere vision leavened with a unique whimsy and humor, while we are presented with a chance to view some of the massive paintings that brought Chris Martin's work to the public's attention in the late eighties. The contrasting of these two sensibilities provides us a chance to witness the wide spectrum of today's painting practice.


JOE BRADLEY: Shmagoo Paintings, Oct 25 - Dec 3, CANADA, 55 Chrystie

JOE BRADLEY
Shmagoo Paintings

Oct 25 - Dec 3
Opening reception Saturday Oct 25 6-9pm

CANADA
55 Chrystie Street

(between Hester and Canal)
NY NY 10002
212 925 4631
canadanewyork.com


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