Painter Renee Radell’s Renaissance in the East Village

Written by Melissa Stern on June 28, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Arts west side spirit, Museums, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Paul Bridgewater was a seminal figure in the downtown art scene in the 1980’s. From his pioneering gallery in the East Village to his grown-up gallery in SoHo, Bridgewater brought consistently fresh and edgy artists to the public view. Stepping back from the spotlight for ten years and working as a private dealer, he now
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Artist Martin Puryear Keeps Moving in Latest New York Exhibition

Written by Armond White on May 29, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

Martin Puryear is a man on the move. In his current exhibition at McKee Gallery almost all of the pieces refer in one way or another to an act of movement. Whether literal, as in the pieces The Rest and The Load, which are on wheels, or metaphoric like the stunning piece Heaven Three Ways/
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Keep on Truckin’

Written by City Arts on May 15, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

Jade Townsend’s “Beastly” Installation By Melissa Stern, for CityArts Jade Townsend’s new body of work, entitled “Leviathan,” is a challenging show to get one’s arms around.  Upon entering the Lesley Heller Workspace on lower Orchard Street, the viewer is faced with two choices: Option one, to the right is the lower half of a human
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