MUST SEE PAINTINGS SHOWS: FEBRUARY

One of the best parts of my job is getting to see the careers of artists that we have worked with take off. Artists such as James Siena, Amy Cutler and Matthew Day Jackson were all featured in New American Paintings long before they reached the international spotlight. This month is not only an extraordinary month for the medium of painting at galleries around the country, it is a particularly strong month for New American Paintings’ alumni. No fewer than twenty artists featured in past, or upcoming editions, have their work on view in February. Two of my favorites, Summer Wheat and Benjamin Degen, will be featured in the soon to be released 2012 Northeast Edition (#98). I want to bring special attention to the work of Sarah McEneaney, who was first featured in the mid-1990s. Based in Philadelphia, Sarah is a profoundly gifted artist, and, in my opinion, simply one of the best painters working today. Her painstakingly crafted egg tempera paintings have always had a startling immediacy. Of the many micro-trends that are noticeable in current painting practice, a certain predilection for “faux-naïve” representation is high among them. Sarah was entrenched in this pictorial language long before it washed over the art world. Unlike many younger artists, her creative direction is not a conceptual gambit; rather, it is born out of an internal necessity. - Steven Zevitas, Editor/Publisher

Summer Wheat | Onlooker, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Summer Wheat (NAP #98) - PUBLISHER'S PICK February 3 – March 17, 2012 Samson Projects Katherine Taylor (NAP #58, 70) January 26 – March 10, 2012 Marcia Wood Gallery

Katherine Taylor | Encroachment, oil on linen, 48 x 66 inches

Craig Drennen (NAP #70, 88, 94) January 14 – March 3, 2012 Saltworks David X. Levine (NAP #56) January 19 – February 25, 2012 Steven Zevitas Gallery

David X. Levine | Drawing Installation

Brian Zink (NAP #26, 44, 98) - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 6 – February 7, 2012 Howard Yezerski Gallery Molly Zuckerman-Hartung (NAP #95) February 3 – March 17, 2012 Corbett vs. Dempsey

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung | Necessary Convolutions, oil, enamel, spray paint and plexiglas on cut canvas, 36 x 32 inches

Joshua Abelow (NAP #44) - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 29 – March 3, 2012 Devening Projects

Joshua Abelow | Self-Portrait (FKK), oil on burlap on canvas, 18 x 14 inches

Wayne White (NAP #49) January 13 - February 18, 2012 Packer Schopf Gallery Jeff Aeling (NAP #17) January 6 – February 18, 2012 William Havu Gallery James Gobel (NAP #73, 91) February 11 – March 10, 2012 Steve Turner Contemporary Robert Buck (NAP #98) January 12 – February 18, 2012 CRG Gallery

Robert Buck, By Any Other Name (sailboats, “The Water is Rising Pleas.”, anchor…), mixed media on pigment primed canvas, 52 x 91 x 1 1 ½ inches

Tim Bavington (NAP #42) Feodor Voronov (NAP #97) January 7 – February 18, 2012 Mark Moore Gallery

Feodor Voronov | Fiat, acrylic, marker and ball-point pen on canvas, 25 x 34 inches

Vera Iliatova (NAP #86) February 11 – March 3, 2012 David Castillo Benjamin Degen (NAP #98) - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 12 – February 13, 2012 American Contemporary

Benjamin Degen, Moon Watch, watercolor, graphite and charcoal on paper, 24 x 16 inches

Abstract Gambol (featuring Erick Johnson, NAP #32) February 2 – March 3, 2012 Heskin Contemporary Sarah McEneaney (NAP #8) - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 28 – March 10, 2012 Tibor de Nagy Gallery

Sarah McEneaney | Trixie’s Landing, egg tempera on wood, 12 x 11 ¼ inches

Liz Markus (NAP #74) February/March 2012 Zieher Smith

Patrick Wilson (NAP #73) January 26 - March 10, 2012 Ameringer McEnery Yohe

Group Exhibition (featuring Liam Everett, NAP #25) - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 5 – February 25, 2012 Altman Siegel Sarah Walker (NAP #26 , 62) - PUBLISHER'S PICK February 2 – March 10, 2012 Gregory Lind Gallery

Sarah Walker | The Cloud, acrylic on panel, 20 x 22 inches

Danica Phelps (NAP #50) January 11 – February 12, 2012 Brennan & Griffin Hannah Barret (NAP #50, 68, 74) January 15 – February 19, 2012 Stephan Stoyanov

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

CHICAGO: Andre Butzer January 27 – March 17, 2012 Rhona Hoffman Gallery Antonia Gurkovska February 3 – March 24, 2012 Kavi Gupta Joanne Greenbaum - PUBLISHER'S PICK Michelle Grabner January 20 - February 25, 2012 Shane Campbell Gallery DALLAS/HOUSTON: John Randall Nelson Steven Miller January 7 – February 10, 2012 Conduit Gallery Neva Mikulicz January 12 – February 11, 2012 Anya Tisch Gallery Kent Dorn - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 13 – February 18, 2012 Bryan Miller Gallery

Kent Dorn | Dead End (Water’s Edge), watercolor, graphite, wax, oil on canvas, 45 x 69 inches

John Sonsini January 13 – February 25, 2012 Inman Gallery Sandi Seltzer Bryant January 14 – February 11, 2012 McMurtrey Gallery Michael Kennaugh January 28 – March 3, 2012 Moody Gallery DENVER: Apocalypse? How! December 8 – January 21, 2012 Plus Gallery KANSAS CITY: Robert Shimomura January – March Byron Cohen Gallery LOS ANGELES: “Il Regalo” - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 29 – March 10, 2012 Overduin and Kite Ellsworth Kelly - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 20 – April 7, 2012 Matthew Marks Gallery

Ellsworth Kelly, Green Relief with Blue, oil on canvas, two panels, 70 x 67 x 2 5/8 inches

David Amico Through February 28, 2012 Ace Gallery Jeff Gambill January 7 – February 18, 2012 Sam Lee Gallery Jonas Lipps January 14 – March 3, 2012 Thomas Solomon Gallery Ryan Sluggett January 21 – February 25, 2012 Richard Telles Fine Art Adam Ross January 7 – February 18, 2012 Angles Gallery Rosson Crow February 25 – March 31, 2012 Honor Fraser Ingrid Calame January 7 – February 11, 2012 Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects John Schlue January 7 – February 11, 2012 Western Project Charlie Roberts January 7 – February 18, 2012 Richard Heller Gallery MIAMI: Fernando Mastrangelo November 29 – February 29, 2012 Charest Weinberg Michael Vasquez February Fredric Snitzer Gallery NEW YORK: Anonymous Tantra Paintings January 7 – February 12, 2012 Feature Inc Jason Fox January 12 – February 25, 2012 Peter Blum Amy Wilson February 10 – March 24, 2012 Bravin Lee Programs

Amy Wilson | Our world is small and crowded, watercolor and pencil on paper, 4 x 6 inches

Jennifer Poon January 5 – February 11, 2012 Claire Oliver Guenther Foerg January 19 – February 18, 2012 Greene Naftali Zak Prekop - PUBLISHER'S PICK February 18 – March 15, 2012 Harris Lieberman

Zak Prekop

Chris Martin - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 26 – March 3, 2012 Mitchell Innes & Nash

Chris Martin | 1,2,3…, mixed media on canvas, 77 x 68 inches

Gordon Moore December 8 – February 11, 2012 Betty Cunningham Gallery Bill Jensen January 12 – February 18, 2012 Cheim & Reid Louise Belcourt February 17 – March 17, 2012 Jeff Bailey Gallery Richard Kalina January 19 – February 25, 2012 Lennon, Weinberg, Inc. Anne Appleby February 9 – March 10, 2012 Danese Udomsak Krisanamis - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 14 – February 25, 2012 Gavin Brown’s Enterprise Melissa Gordon January 7 – February 11, 2012 Marianne Boesky Gallery Terry Winters - PUBLISHER'S PICK February 4 – April 14, 2012 Matthew Marks Gallery

Terry Winters

Ridley Howard - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 19 – February 25, 2012 Leo Koenig Inc.

Ridley Howard, Nudes, oil on linen, 24 x 30 inches

Interiors - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 14 – February 11, 2012 Andrew Kreps Gallery Thomas Eggerer/ R.H. Quaytman January 12 – February 11, 2012 Friedrich Petzel Gallery Natasza Niedziolka January 19 – February 25, 2012 Horton Gallery Don Doe February 2 – March 3, 2012 Morgan Lehman Gallery Nick Mauss - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 13 – February 18, 2012 303 Gallery Magnus Plessen February 15 – March 15, 2012 Gladstone Gallery Hugh Scott-Douglas - PUBLISHER'S PICK January 14 – February 18, 2012 Clifton Benevento

Hugh Scott-Douglas, A Place in the Sun, Installation

Thomas Scheibitz January 12 – February 18, 2012 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Sergej Jensen January 20 – February 25, 2012 Anton Kern Gallery PHILADELPHIA/WASHINGTON D.C.: Federico Herrera January – February, 2012 Bridgette Mayer Gallery Joan Nelson December 15 – February 18, 2012 Fleisher Ollman Gallery Construct February 2012 Gallery Joe Ian Whitmore February 4 – March 10, 2012 G Fine Art SAN FRANCISCO: Alisha Kerlin February 11 – March 3, 2012 Guerrero Gallery

Alisha Kerlin

Andrew Masullo - PUBLISHER'S PICK February 1 – February 25, 2012 Gallery Paule Anglim Richard Tuttle - PUBLISHER'S PICK February 2 – March 9, 2012 Anthony Meier Fine Arts Josephine Taylor January 7 – February 11, 2012 Catherine Clark Gallery Dana Hart-Stone January 5 – February 25, 2012 Brian Gross Fine Art Danny Keith January 6 – February 18, 2012 Ratio 3 Lucy Pullen January 12 – February 11, 2012 Romer Young Gallery Stephen Giannetti Through February 25, 2012 Marx & Zavattero Hayal Pozanti February 10 – March 17, 2012 Silverman SANTA FE: Oli Sihvonen February 10 – March 1, 2012 James Kelly Contemporary