Must See Painting Shows: February

It is, once again, a very strong month for New American Paintings’ alumni with close to thirty solo exhibitions on view around the country. Some of these artists are now well established, such as Amy Cutler, others are early in their careers, such as Ellen Lesperance, who is currently exhibiting her intricate works on paper and objects at Ambach & Rice in Los Angeles. I have written a lot about the dominance of abstraction over the past few years. This month, first-rate representational painting, and in particular figurative painting, can been seen throughout the country. What is most interesting to me is that a growing number of emerging artists seem to be unabashedly embracing aspects of art history that pre-date the 20^th-Century. In New York, be sure to catch Vera Iliatova’s soon-to-open show at Monya Rowe Gallery and Benjamin Senior’s stunning exhibition at James Fuentes (reference points for Senior include Pierro dell Francesca and Poussin). Both artists are well versed with art history, and both have serious technical chops. In Chicago, Ann Toebbe opens a show at EBERSMOORE next week in which the figure adds a new level of complexity to her already charged interiors. In Los Angeles, be sure to catch the soon-to-close exhibition by NAP alum Travis Collinson at Maloney Fine Art, and Henry Taylor, who will open later this month at Blum & Poe. For those interested in non-objective work, there is plenty on view. Aaron Bobrow will open at Andrea Rosen Gallery this month. Also, in Chelsea, the rarely seen work of Italian painter Giorgio Griffa offers a clinic in how less can be more at Casey Kaplan. One of the curators of the 2014 Whitney Biennial, artist Michelle Grabner, has new work at Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago. In San Francisco, Noam Rappaport, whose investigations into the line between painting and sculpture have been much talked about, opens at Ratio 3. Enjoy the list. - Steven Zevitas, Publisher

Travis Collinson. Courtesy of Maloney Fine Art.

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Christopher Mir (NAP #68) January 17 – February 23, 2013 Benrimon Contemporary Travis Collinson (NAP #91) PUBLISHER’S PICK January 12 – February 16, 2013 Maloney Fine Art Reckless Head - Featuring artist Jeanette Mundt (NAP #86) January 19 – March 2, 2013 Michael Benevento Ann Toebbe February 15 - March 30, 2013 EBERSMOORE

Ann Toebbe. Courtesy Ebersmoore.

Sascha Braunig (NAP #92) January 12 – February 9, 2013 Foxy Production William Mize (NAP #40) January 5 – February 22, 2013 Alan Avery Art Company IN UNISON - Featuring artists Carolyn Carr (NAP #28), Sarah Emerson (NAP #40, #70, #100), Lisa Sanditz (NAP #50, #74) and Michael Gibson (NAP #34) February 2013 Get This! Gallery Nicole Charbonnet (NAP #3, #9, #40, #52, #82) January 5 – February 16, 2013 Arthur Roger Gallery Sigrid Sandstrom (NAP #48) January 11 – February 16, 2013 Inman Gallery

Sigrid Sandstrom: Courtesy of Inman Gallery.

Rebecca Rutstein (NAP #39, #63, #81, #98) February 27 – March 30, 2013 Bridgette Mayer Gallery Sandy Litchfield (NAP #56, #68) January 4 – February 16, 2013 Carroll & Sons Color! - Featuring Mark Ottens (NAP #11, #47, #95) January 11 – March 9, 2013 Tory Folliard Gallery Esther Solondz (NAP #14) February 1 – 23, 2013 Gallery NAGA Ellen Lesperance (NAP #97) PUBLISHER’S PICK January 19 – February 16, 2013 Ambach & Rice

Ellen Lesperance. Courtesy of Ambach & Rice.

Judith Geichman (NAP #11) February 9 – March 30, 2013 Carrie Secrist Gallery Jeff Aeling (NAP #17) January 11 – February 23, 2013 Perimeter Gallery Kit Reuther (#22, #34) February 6 – March 9, 2013 David Lusk Gallery Nudes - Featuring Erci Zener (NAP #19) and Kim McCarty (NAP #49) February 1 – March 9, 2013 Hespe Gallery Group Show - Featuring Gale Antokal (NAP #91) and Zine Al-Shukri (NAP #103) February 2013 Patricia Sweetow Gallery Amy Cutler (NAP #32) PUBLISHER’S PICK January 26 – March 9, 2013 Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects

Amy Cutler. Courtesy of Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects.

Alex Kanevsky (NAP #27, #45) February 7 – March 2, 2013 Dolby Chadwick Gallery Ed Valentine (NAP #89) February 8 – April 5, 2013 Linda Warren Projects Colin Chillag (NAP #78, #96) January 19 – March 9, 2013 101 Exhibit Vera Iliatova (NAP #86) PUBLISHER’S PICK February 21 – April 13, 2013 Monya Rowe Gallery Michael Krueger (NAP #36, #48, #60, #72) PUBLISHER’S PICK February 8 – March 23, 2013 Dolphin Jered Sprecher (NAP #64) PUBLISHER’S PICK February 15 – March, 23 2013 Jeff Bailey Gallery

Jered Sprecher. Courtesy of Jeff Bailey Gallery.

Yoshiaki Mochizuki (NAP #104) PUBLISHER’S PICK January 10 – February 16, 2013 Marlborough Sydney Yeager (NAP #5, #36, #48, #78, #96) February 16 - March 16, 2013 McMurtrey Gallery

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

ATLANTA: Kim Anno PUBLISHER’S PICK February 1 – March 2, 2012 Marcia Wood Gallery AUSTIN/DALLAS/HOUSTON: Mie Olise January 11 – March 9, 2013 Barbara Davis Gallery Leslie Wilkes January 19 – February 23, 2013 Barry Whistler Gallery Rosalyn Bodycomb Robert Jessup January 12 – February 16, 2013 Conduit Gallery

Robert Jessup. Courtesy of Conduit Gallery.

Trey Egan January 12 – February 16, 2013 Cris Worley Fine Arts Eric Holzman January 10 – February 9, 2013 Gremillion & Co, Fine Art Inc. Carl Hammoud PUBLISHER’S PICK January 26 – March 16, 2013 Lora Reynolds Gallery Rosa Loy January 24 – March 2, 2013 McClain Gallery Robert Kinsell January 12 – February 9, 2013 McMurtrey Gallery William Bailey PUBLISHER’S PICK Janaury 12 – February 23, 2013 Talley Dunn Gallery Malcolm Bucknall February 2 – 23, 2013 Wally Workman Gallery James Blake February 16 – March 16, 2013 William Campbell Contemporary Art BALTIMORE/DC/PHILLY: Thornton Dial January 19 – February 23, 2013 Addison/Ripley Fine Art Steven Cushner January 12 – March 9, 2013 Hemphill Fine Arts Three Painters December 15 – February 16, 2013 Larry Becker Contemporary Art James Erikson Timothy Gierschick January 25 – February 23, 2013 LGTripp Gallery BOSTON: John Dempcy February 1 – 24, 2013 Chase Young Gallery Saul Chernick February 2 – March 9, 2013 LaMontagne Gallery

Saul Chernick. Courtesy of Lamontagne Gallery.

Jacob El Hanani, Joshua Neustein, Roland Flexner February 8 – March 9, 2013 Steven Zevitas Gallery CHICAGO: Rainer Spangl February 3 – March 9, 2013 Devening Projects + Editions Wild January 11 – March 2, 2013 Jean Albano Gallery Matthew Metzger February 9 – March 30, 2013 Kavi Gupta John Sabraw January 18 – March 2, 2013 McCormick Gallery Gabriel Vormstein PUBLISHER’S PICK February 1 – March 30, 2013 Monique Meloche Michelle Grabner PUBLISHER’S PICK January 26 – March 9. 2013 Shane Campbell Gallery

Michelle Graber. Courtesy of Shane Campbell Gallery.

Edie Fake January 4 – March 16, 2013 Thomas Robertello Gallery Plant Life ( artist…Scott Wolniak) February 1 – March 9, 0213 Western Exhibitions William Conger January 11 – February 23, 2013 Zolla/Lieberman Gallery

William Conger. Courtesy of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery.

DENVER/PHOENIX/SANTA FE: John Sonsini PUBLISHER’S PICK February 1 – 28, 2013 Bentley Cole Sternberg February 22 – March 23, 2013 David B. Smith Gallery 100 Years of Painting January 11 – March 2, 2013 William Havu Gallery LOS ANGELES: Josh Peters January 12 – February 9, 2013 ACME Henry Taylor PUBLISHER’S PICK February 23 – March 30, 2013 Blum & Poe The New Now PUBLISHER’S PICK January 12 – February 9, 2013 Carter and Citizen Bernard Piffaretti January 12 – February 16, 2013 Cherry and Martin Andrew Dadson February 9 – March 23, 2013 David Kordansky Gallery Frederick Hammersley PUBLISHER’S PICK January 17 – February 23, 2013 LA Louver Lawrence Gipe January 12 – February 23, 2013 Lora Schlesinger Gallery David Ryan February 16 – March 16, 2013 Mark Moore Gallery Dennis Koch January 17 – February 23, 2013 Marine Contemporary Into the Mystic November 17 – February 22, 2013 Michael Kohn Gallery Luke Whitlatch January 12 – February 16, 2013 Richard Heller Gallery David Kapp January 12 – March 2, 2013 Ruth Bachofner Gallery Derek Boshier January 26 – March 9, 2013 Thomas Solomon Gallery Cynthis Ona Innis January 12 – February 16, 2013 Walter Maciel Gallery Peter Lodato January 12 – February 16, 2013 William Turner Gallery MIAMI: Chase Westfall February 9 – April 6, 2013 101 Exhibit

Colin Chillag. Courtesy of 101/Exhibit.

Rafael Ferrer PUBLISHER’S PICK January 10 – February 23, 2013 David Castillo Roy Dowell Alexander Kroll February 9 – March 15, 2013 Fredric Snitzer Gallery MIDWEST: Kelley Johnson PUBLISHER’S PICK February 1 – 23, 2013 Bruno David Gallery

Kelley Johnson. Courtesy of Bruno David Gallery.

Claire Stigliani January 18 – March 2, 2013 Dean Jensen Gallery Richmond Burton January 25 – March 2, 2013 Philip Slein Gallery James Kielkopf February 8 – April 4, 2013 Thomas Barry Fine Arts NEW ORLEANS: Mitchell Lonas February 1 – March 30, 2013 Callan Contemporary Brad Wreyford December 30, 2012 – February 17, 2013 Cole Pratt Gallery NYC: Enoc Perez January 11 – February 9, 2013 Acquavella Galleries Hugh Steers January 12 – February 16, 2013 Alexander Gray Associates Tam Van Tran February 14 – March 16, 2013 Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Aaron Bobrow February 9 – March 23, 2013 Andrea Rosen Gallery

Aaron Bobrow. Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery.

David Shrigley January 10 – February 16, 2013 Anton Kern Gallery Ben Schumacher PUBLISHER’S PICK February 22 – March 23, 2013 Bortolami MONSALVAT January 18 – February 17, 2013 Bureau Sadie Benning, Thomas Kovachevich, Dona Nelson January 13 – February 17, 2013 Callicoon Fine Arts Giorgio Griffa PUBLISHER’S PICK January 10 – March 2, 2013 Casey Kaplan

Giorgio Griffa. Courtesy of Casey Kaplan.

Steven Bindernagel January 10 – February 23, 2013 CRG Kenneth Armstead February 7 – March 16, 2013 Churner and Churner Larry Poons February 1 – March 2, 2013 Danese

Larry Poons. Courtesy of Danese.

Michael Riedel PUBLISHER’S PICK February 16 – March 23, 2013 David Zwirner Despina Stokou February 15 – March 16, 2013 Derek Eller Gallery Caleb Constantine January 13 – February 24, 2013 Essex Street Casey Ruble January 16 – February 24, 2013 Foley Gallery Gary Panter January 25 – February 23, 2013 Fredericks & Freiser Walt Kuhn PUBLISHER’S PICK February 7 – March 16, 2013 DC Moore

Walt Kuhn. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery.

Dirk Skreber February 21 – March 30, 2013 Friedrich Petzel Gallery Brice Marden January 17 – February 23, 2013 Gagosian Gallery Thomas Zipp February 23 – March 30, 2013 Harris Lieberman Anj Smith January 15 – February 23, 2013 Hauser & Wirth Johnny Abrahams January 25 – February 24, 2013 Jack Hanley Gallery

Johnny Abrahams. Courtesy of Jack Hanley Gallery.

Shinique Smith February 15 – March 16, 2013 James Cohan Gallery Sin Titulo January 10 – March 3, 2013 Josee Bienvenu Gallery Charlie Roberts January 31 – February 23, 2013 Kravets | Wehby Gallery Peter Soriano January 17 – February 23, 2013 Lennon, Weinberg, Inc. Benjamin Senior PUBLISHER’S PICK February 6 – March 1, 2013 James Fuentes

Benjamin Senior. Courtesy of James Fuentes Gallery.

A.R. Penck PUBLISHER’S PICK January 17 – February 23, 2013 Leo Koenig Inc. Svenja Deininger PUBLISHER’S PICK January 17 – February 16, 2013 Marianne Boesky Gallery Peter Saul, Jim Shaw PUBLISHER’S PICK January 5 – February 23, 2013 Mary Boone Gallery A.R. Penck PUBLISHER’S PICK January 10 – March 9, 2013 Michael Werner

A.R. Penck. Courtesy of Michael Werner Gallery.

Christian Vincent February 15 – March 16, 2013 Mike Weiss Gallery Anna Betbeze, Josh Brand, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Josh Tonsfeldt PUBLISHER’S PICK January 17 – February 23, 2013 Mitchell-Innes & Nash Mark Mulroney February 14 – March 16, 2013 Mixed Greens David Kramer Michael Harrington February 2013 Mulherin + Pollard Julian Lethbridge January 12 – February 16, 2013 Paul Cooper Gallery Rosy Keyser February 28 – April 20, 2013 Peter Blum Gallery Jorge Queiroz January 31 – March 2, 2013 Sikkema Jenkins & Co Thomas Nozkowski PUBLISHER’S PICK Jim Dine February 22 – March 23, 2013 The Pace Gallery

Thomas Nozkowski. Courtesy of Pace.

Maya Bloch January 13 – February 17, 2013 Thierry Goldberg Gallery PORTLAND/SEATTLE: Judy Cooke February 7 – March 2, 2013 Elizabeth Leach Gallery William Burton Binnie February 21 – March 30, 2013 Greg Kucera Gallery Hank Pander February 7 – March 2, 2013 Laura Russo Gallery SAN FRANCISCO: Eamon O’Kane January 3 – February 16, 2013 Gregory Lind Gallery