By Mario Naves 9/23/02 12:00am

A Closet Expressionist Concentrates Experience, Memory

Dumbo (2002), a small oil on panel by Debra Bermingham, made me happier than any painting I’ve seen in recent weeks. It’s a deceptively simple image: At the bottom of a mostly empty canvas is a tabletop, and on it sits a wooden elephant on wheels-a pull toy. The light emanating from the picture is Read More

By Mario Naves 6/04/01 12:00am

Currently Hanging

How could anyone not love Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)? Given the pluralist fog we’re currently muddling through, perhaps the question should be rephrased: How could anyone who loves the art of painting not love Hofmann? The retrospective of his works on paper, now on display at Ameringer/Howard, isn’t much more than a patchwork introduction to the Read More