Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter's abstract paintings are miraculously controlled accidents.
Jan 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
How Soon Was Now? How Soon Was Now?
The death, and afterlife, of the Polaroid.
Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Resistance of Painting: On Abstraction The Resistance of Painting: On Abstraction
To speak of a movement of abstractionists would be a contradiction in terms, like speaking of a church of atheists.
Dec 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand
For the photographer Thomas Demand, Germany is like any other country because it is haunted by history.
Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Letters Letters
Deadline Poet Hits Bull's-Eye Upper Marlboro, Md.
Oct 21, 2009 / Letters / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky
Fever Charts: On Jack Tworkov Fever Charts: On Jack Tworkov
Jack Tworkov's writings wrestle with the figures of Abstract Expressionism and his own lost illusions.
Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Beyond Exhaustion: Dan Graham’s Period Pieces Beyond Exhaustion: Dan Graham’s Period Pieces
Does the art of Dan Graham and his disciples promise deceptive simplicity or formulaic thinking?
Aug 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale
The funky chaos of the 2009 Venice Biennale.
Jul 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Million Little Pictures: The Pictures Generation Revisited A Million Little Pictures: The Pictures Generation Revisited
Do images understand us, the Pictures generation asked, more than we understand them?
May 13, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Disquieting and Enraptured: On Pierre Bonnard Disquieting and Enraptured: On Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard's late still lifes, on view at the Met, are lessons in unknowing.
Apr 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky