A first encounter with the paintings of Graham Nickson is likely to be a daunting experience. Almost everything about the paintings-the physical scale, the intensity of color, the multiplicity of vividly depicted figures with muscular, highly charged physiques; above all, the shower-of-gold quality of the light that seems to derive from a solar system very Read More
In its own quietly determined way, the New York Studio School has become one of the city’s most significant venues for contemporary art. When I say “contemporary art,” I don’t mean the kind of soulless folderol in the go-go galleries of West 24th Street. I mean art that thrives on its own autonomous merits, that Read More
The Rich Rewards of Engagement
With Dense, Demanding Work
In its own quietly determined way, the New York Studio School has become one of the city’s most significant venues for contemporary art. When I say “contemporary art,” I don’t mean the kind of soulless folderol in the
go-go galleries of West 24th Street.
