“The common wisdom in the art world today suggests that in order to make an important statement, an artist must take as much out as possible, thereby creating something that is empty. I want to do the opposite. I want to make art as full as possible.”
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Robert Cenedella’s Controversial Canvas Returns to Fifty-seventh Street
December 11, 2017 0
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“Santa Claus is coming to town and Robert Cendella is hanging him on a cross.”
This is Edvard Munch, the first artist to present a tormented visual autobiography in full view of the public, and an artist for whom the designation “Expressionist” too narrowly circumscribes his range and impact.
Exhibitions devoted to the work of Michelangelo, Rodin, and David Hockney are now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kamilla Talbot has two paintings in A Wonderful World, an exhibition at the Johannes Larsen Museum, in Kerteminde, Denmark.
On December 21, 2017, the June Kelly Gallery opens Celebrating 30 Years: Drawings and Photographs, an exhibition featuring the gallery’s artists.
The American Dream: American Realism, 1945–2017 is an international double exhibition of work by an eclectic group of 67 American artists.
These small works are so full of complex narrative depictions, significant details, sophisticated symbols, and expressive marks that it is impossible not to wonder at their magic.
Dan Gheno’s Gaia’s Retort: Man in the Middle is currently on view at the 92nd Street Y’s Annual Art Center Faculty Exhibition.
Four paintings from Richard Pantell’s bather series are on view in Species and Spirit: Contemporary Visions. This three-person exhibition, which opened November 4 at Green Kill (Kingston, NY), also includes paintings by Joanne Pagano Weber and sculptures by Janice Mauro.
“One of my most important goals as an instructor is to help students clarify what they are looking for in their own work. It is within this constant clarification that a student may begin to develop a distinct and unique visual voice.”
Two worthy micro-exhibitions reviewed by Jerry Weiss












