Writing in the current issue of Frieze, William Corwin credits curator Phong Bui in “transforming an unruly mob of more than 300 artists into a comprehensive slice of activity in early 21st-century New York” in last year’s exhibition Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1. “The exhibition’s organization, a contorted web of networks and relationships,” Corwin writes, “became an anthropological assessment of the inner workings of an art scene, offering an intriguing glimpse into the lives and practices of New York artists.” Ronnie Landfield’s Deluge (1998) was among the works exhibited at the 100,000-foot exhibition at Industry City (Sunset Park, Brooklyn). Read more of the review.
Now available is The Art Students League On Painting: Lessons and Meditations on Mediums, Styles, and Methods, a collaborative collection of lessons and demos; advice and philosophies; and interviews.
“Spirituality and feeling are the basic subjects of my work. They are depictions of intuitive expressions using color as language, and the landscape (God’s earth) as a metaphor for the arena of life.”