Tag Archives: Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting

Over the weekend, just as I settled into my spot and prepared to be brilliantly productive, my husband started sending me links to condos for sale in the neighborhood. No, we’re not actually moving, probably not anyway, but I have been complaining about this and that around here, and he was bored, waiting for the boys to be through with their tennis lesson, and that’s how he chose to pass the time. Anyway, I was so moved to distraction, that I could no longer concentrate. So, I started to clean, well, organize. I came across a handful of glossy brochures from Phaidon excerpting new titles, including Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting by Bob Nickas. The work below, Major Stars by John Tremblay, immediately caught my eye. I was able to find a few of his other works online. I definitely prefer the shaped canvases to the flat geometric compositions.

Major Stars, 2008
acrylic on canvas
Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC

Hail and Farewell, 1997
paint on wood
Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam

Holbein’s Dead Christ, 2005
acrylic and paint marker on canvas
Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC

Map of the World, 1999
screenprint, acrylic and metallic paint on canvas
Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam

The Elated Pedestrian, 2005
Acrylic & laquer pen on canvas
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center / MOMA, Long Island City, NY

Jazz Hands, 2008
acrylic on canvas
Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC

Dynamite Hill, 2008
acrylic on canvas
Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC