MUST SEE PAINTINGS SHOWS: MARCH

There are dozens of strong painting exhibitions on view in March. In the interest of full disclosure, I not only publish New American Paintings, but I have a gallery in Boston as well. I am very fortunate to have an show of new paintings by Peter Opheim this month. Opheim focused his energies on abstraction for more than two decades, but in 2010 his work took a radical shift. While he begins each work with by creating of a small clay model, his paintings are anything but “still-lifes”; rather, they are extraordinary mediations on the medium of paint and the activity of painting. On a recent visit to galleries in New York City, I found myself captivated by the work of Donald Moffett at Marianne Boesky Gallery. The first impulse is to read his work as sculpture, but they are, in fact, paintings. For each work, Moffett offers a three dimensional context in which his finely wrought paintings exist. As he has done for years, Moffett pushes the idea of “what” a painting is to the breaking point. In doing so, he continues to open new territory for other artists to explore. View the entire "must-see" list after the jump! - Steven Zevitas, Editor/Publisher

Donald Moffett | Installation View

NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARTISTS ON VIEW

Katherine Taylor (NAP #58, #70) January 26 – March 10, 2012 Marcia Wood Gallery Peter Opheim (NAP #18, #98) March 1 – April 14, 2012 Steven Zevitas Gallery

Peter Opheim | Untitled (153), oil on canvas, 65 x 75 inches

Summer Wheat (NAP #98) February 3 – March 17, 2012 Samson Joe Wardwell (NAP #56, #80, #98) March 3 – April 11, 2012 Lamontagne Gallery

Joe Wardwell | Everything that Stands, oil on canvas, 72 x 120 inches

Tone Bumiller (NAP #5) March 2012 ZG Gallery Winter Group Show (Featuring William Betts, NAP #60, #72, #84, #96) January 13 – March 17, 2012 Peter Miller Gallery William Betts (NAP #60, #72, #84, #96) February 18 - March 24, 2012 Holly Johnson Gallery Molly Zuckerman-Hartung (NAP #95) – PUBLISHER’S PICK February 3 – March 17, 2012 Corbett vs. Dempsey

Molly Zuckerman – Hartung | Ulcerous gnawing as a reaction to one’s embeddedness, oil, enamel, leather, collage with artists frame on canvas, 18 x 14 inches

Ellen Berman (NAP #12) February 18 – March 17, 2012 McMurtrey Gallery Ali Smith (NAP #73, #91) February 25 – April 7, 2012 Mark Moore Gallery

Ali Smith | Flip Side, oil on canvas, 76 x 120 inches

Carolyn Castano (NAP #97) February 25 – April 7, 2012 Walter Maciel Gallery Harumi Abe (NAP #70), Vera Iliatova (NAP #86), Yui Kugimiya February 11 – March 31, 2012 David Castillo Sarah McEneaney (NAP #8, #21) – PUBLISHER’S PICK January 28 – March 10, 2012 Tibor de Nagy Gallery Configured (Featuring William Cordova, NAP MFA 2003, and Fahamu Pecou, NAP #82) March 1 – April 14, 2012 Benrimon Contemporary Rob Matthews (NAP #57) March 1 – April 21, 2012 Daniel Cooney Fine Art Michael Scoggins (NAP MFA 2003, #58, #70) March 1 – April 7, 2012 Freight and Volume Frohawk Two Feathers (NAP #73) – PUBLISHER’S PICK March 6 – April 14, 2012 Morgan Lehman Gallery

Frohawk Two Feathers | Your Gods Are Important and Thus Their Defeat, acrylic, ink, coffee, tea on paper, 45 x 60 inches

Disorder (Featuring Iona Rozeal Brown, NAP MFA 2002) February 23, - March 24, 2012 Kravets Wehby Chris Cosnowski (NAP MFA 2000, #35) March 1 – March 31, 2012 Lyons Wier Gallery

Chris Cosnowski | Bubblicious, oil on panel, 37 x 21 inches

Liz Markus (NAP #74) February 16 – March 17, 2012 Zieher Smith

Liz Markus | I Say a Little Prayer for You, acrylic on unprimed canvas, 54 x 60 inches

James Gobel (NAP #91) February 11 – March 10, 2012 Steve Turner Contemporary Sarah Walker (NAP #26, #62) - PUBLISHER’S PICK February 2 – March 10, 2012 Gregory Lind Gallery Group Exhibition (Featuring Ron Ehrlich, NAP #14) January 27 – March 11, 2012 LewAllen Galleries

OTHER NOTEABLE SHOWS

CHICAGO: Joseph Noderer March 2012 Linda Warren Projects William Conger February 24 – April 10, 2012 Roy Boyd Gallery Carl Baratta March 2 - April 28, 2012 Lloyd Dobler Gallery Andre Butzer January 27 – March 17, 2012 Rhona Hoffman Gallery Antonia Gurkovska February 3 – March 24, 2012 Kavi Gupta Alex Olson – PUBLISHER’S PICK March, 2012 Shane Campbell Gallery

Alex Olson | Editor, oil on linen, 51 x 36 inches

CLEVELAND: Amber Kempthorn February 24 – March 26, 2012 1point618

Amber Kempthorn | Mr. Noisy (ADK), collage, pastel, ink and graphite on paper, 44 ¾ x 30 inches

DALLAS/HOUSTON: Joseph Glasco February 29 – April 14, 2012 Talley Dunn Gallery Ludwig Schwartz February 18 – March 24, 2012 Conduit Gallery Slow Release March 2 – April 7, 2012 Bryan Miller Gallery DENVER: Mindy Bray March 9 – April 21, 2012 Rule Gallery KANSAS CITY: Robert Shimomura January – March Byron Cohen Gallery LOS ANGELES: Bruno Fazzolari March 10 – April 7, 2012 Jancar Jones Gallery “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 Daniel Cummings March 17 – April 21, 2012 ACME

Daniel Cummings | Session, oil on canvas, 21 x 24 inches

William Leavitt March 24 – April 28, 2012 Margo Leavin Gallery

William Leavitt | Stealth House, pastel on paper, 24 ¼ x 41 7/8 inches

Sanya Kantarovsky February 18 – March 24, 2012 Marc Foxx Delia Brown February 25 – April 7, 2012 Angles Gallery

Delia Brown | She Stops to Examine the Painting – and the Young Painter – More Closely, oil on linen, 10 x 22 inches

Holly Coulis – PUBLISHER’S PICK March 3 – April 28, 2012 Cherry and Martin

Holly Coulis | Pink Flowers, Red Vase, oil on linen, 55 x 48 inches

Rosson Crow February 25 – March 31, 2012 Honor Fraser Frederick Hammersley – PUBLISHER’S PICK March 22 – May 12, 2012 LA Louver

Frederick Hammersley | Option open | oil on linen, 10 ½ x 8 ½ inches

MIAMI: Michael Vaquez February 17 – March 17, 2012 Fredric Snitzer Gallery NEW YORK: Bruce Brosnan February 15 – March 18, 2012 Feature Inc Anja Schwoerer February 23 – April 8, 2012 Nicelle Beauchene Gallery Sam Moyer – PUBLISHER’S PICK March 4 – April 22, 2012 Rachel Uffner Gallery

Sam Moyer

Ryan Sullivan - PUBLISHER’S PICK February 10 – March 17, 2012 Maccarone

Ryan Sullivan

Todd James March 1 – April 21, 2012 Gering & Lopez Gallery Eric Fischl- PUBLISHER’S PICK February 11 – March 17, 2012 Mary Boone Gallery

Eric Fischl | Self Portrait: An Unfinished Work, oil/linen, 84 x 108 inches

Whiting Tennis – PUBLISHER’S PICK February 17 – March 17, 2012 Derek Eller Gallery

Whiting Tennis | Hybrid, acrylic and collage on canvas, 60 x 44 inches

Amy Wilson February 10 – March 24, 2012 Bravin Lee Programs Zak Prekop – PUBLISHER’S PICK February 18 – March 17, 2012 Harris Lieberman Jonathan Lasker February 23 – March 24, 2012 Cheim & Read Louise Belcourt February 17 – March 17, 2012 Jeff Bailey Gallery Harriet Korman March 1 – April 14, 2012 Lennon, Weinberg, Inc. Anne Appleby February 9 – March 10, 2012 Danese Roy Lichtenstein March 1 – April 7, 2012 Gagosian Gallery Magnus Plessen February 15 – March 15, 2012 Gladstone Gallery Terry Winters February 4 – April 14, 2012 Matthew Marks Gallery Donald Moffett – PUBLISHER’S PICK February 25 – April 7, 2012 Marianne Boesky Gallery Norbert Bisky March 2 – April 7, 2012 Leo Koenig, Inc. Corinne Washmut March 1 – April 28, 2012 Friedrich Petzel Gallery Lauren Luloff March 1 – March 31, 2012 Horton Gallery Kay Rosen – PUBLISHER’S PICK February 3 – March 10, 2012 Sikkema Jenkins & Co

Kay Rosen | Kiss on the Cheek, latex paint on wall

Ellen Berkenbilt March 2012 Anton Kern Gallery PHILADELPHIA/WASHINGTON D.C.: Nathan Pankratz February 28 – March 31, 2012 Bridgette Mayer Gallery Ori Hofshi March 2 – April 13, 2012 Locks Gallery Mia Rosenthal March 3 – April 14, 2012 Gallery Joe Dawn Black February 25 – March 24, 2012 Curator’s Office Ian Whitmore February 4 – March 10, 2012 G Fine Art SAN FRANCISCO: Siddarth Parasnis (NAP #91) March 1 – March 31, 2012 Dolby Chadwick Gallery Deborah Oropallo February 28 – April 21, 2012 Stephen Wirtz Gallery

Deborah Oropallo | What have you done?, acrylic on canvas, 49 x 64 inches

Patsy Krebs February 23 – April 7, 2012 Haines Gallery Zina Al-Shukri February 21 – March 24, 2012 Patricia Sweetow Gallery

Zina Al-Shukri | Would Rather Study Than Eat, gouache and charcoal on paper, 30 x 22.75 inches each

Cleon Peterson March 10 – April 7, 2012 Guerrero Gallery Richard Tuttle – PUBLISHER’S PICK February 2 – March 9, 2012 Anthony Meier Fine Arts Hayal Pozanti February 10 – March 17, 2012 Silverman Gallery SEATTLE/PORTLAND: Karin Davie February 2 – March 17, 2012 James Harris Gallery Ben Waterman February 23 – March 31, 2012 Greg Kucera Gallery, Inc.