Women artists on the back burner at global auctions May 31, 2008
Pertinently in the works of Nasreen there is the hushed hybrid of silence, so evocative of Agnes Martin and the aesthetics of relational minimalism. Continued. (India Times)
Contemporary Art Museum at the Presidio Endorsed by Presidio Trust Jan 31, 2008
The Fisher collection includes important works from artists such as Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Diebenkorn, Cy Twombly, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Willem DeKooning, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Anselm Kiefer. In addition to the new museum building, the CAMP project includes the rehabilitation of a nearby barracks, Building 101, which will house the museums bookstore and extensive public education programs, and will include a... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Ettore Sottsass, designer, is dead at 90 Jan 2, 2008
"The columnar, horizontally striped Superbox cabinets of 1968 may bring to mind Italy's striped Romanesque cathedrals, and work of American Minimalists like Anne Truitt and Agnes Martin, as does his famous striped 'Nefertiti' desk of 1970. The gray translucent fiberglass forms of his Mobili Grigio bedroom suite (1969-70) suggests a cartoon Art D?co, but also the gleaming fiberglass wall sculptures by the California artist Craig Kauffman.". Because of Sottsass' quirky combination of the prosaic... (International Herald Tribune)
NYC & Company and WNBC's News 4 You Offer Tips for the Solo Traveler in New York City Sep 25, 2007
Through December 31, the Fisher Landau Center for Art will showcase Paper, a two-floor exhibition with more than 200 works by artists like Kara Walker, Agnes Martin and more. Big Onion Walking Tours has been offering tours throughout New York City since 1991. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Evicted Artist Sells Treasures Sep 24, 2007
" Wilson wrote in an e-mail: "I kept more than 3,000 pieces at the loft, not counting my own work: 20th-century furniture, tribal art, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, contemporary glass, Asian art and contemporary drawings, photographs, works by artists such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Man Ray, Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright, Agnes Martin and Richard Serra. "My space has always been mostly about my artwork and my collection," Wilson said of his longtime sanctuary. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Turbulent Infinity: Ferdinand Ahm Krag Aug 13, 2007
They may resemble works by Sol LeWitt or Agnes Martin, but only at first glance. For Ahm Krag clearly draws upon numerous sources such as constructivism, futurism, psychedelic art, op-art, science-fiction, textile design and computer-generated visualisations of sound. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Major Contemporary Art Museum Proposed for Presidio Aug 9, 2007
The Fisher Collection includes more than 1,000 works by Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Diebenkorn, Cy Twombly, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Willem DeKooning, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Anselm Kiefer and numerous other leading artists. "Art is an important part of our life and we want to share our collection with the public so everyone can enjoy it," Donald Fisher said. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Connect the dots, and you'll get a sense of the bigger picture Jun 24, 2007
The strictly gridded paintings brought to mind the work of Agnes Martin, a painter who nearly always muted her hand, along with color. Her grid paintings might have a decided visual beat, but they never have the syncopated feel that Gonzalez, even at his most systematic, gets with his eye-dropper approach to applying dots of color. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pondering the contemporary show at Kassel Jun 22, 2007
Apart from Gerhard Richter, with one small 1977 portrait, Agnes Martin with one painting, and the California-based John McCracken, there are relatively few Euro-American A-list figures in sight. This is far and away the most interesting feature of Documenta 12. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Delightful contrast in artistic styles May 9, 2007
It would be hard to come up with two artists whose processes and personalities are more different than Agnes Martin and Kiki Smith. The Museum of Fine Arts, following the lead of New York's Film Forum, screens a charming and thoughtful double feature -- the spare and grounded "Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World," and the lush, flitting "Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace." ... Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World. (Boston Globe)
Fun, funds at LACMA gala Apr 21, 2007
The unique set of Agnes Martin's 1973 prints that present 30 ways of constructing a grid, or the 19th century Japanese woman's robe, elaborately embroidered in silk and gold ... It's time for the next round of votes, but not before an announcement that trustee Robert Kotick has purchased the Agnes Martin prints for the museum at $127,500, removing the work from balloting and pushing the committee closer to buying everything. (Los Angeles Times)
When private collectors go public Feb 17, 2007
Three months and a $25,000 renovation later, Cartin had his own 4,000-square- foot, or 372-meter, exhibition space, where for a year and a half he mounted shows of work from his own collection, which ranges from coolly contemporary masters like Josef Albers and Agnes Martin to obsessive outsiders like Adolf Wlfli and Joe Coleman. "I got a big kick out of doing this," Cartin said. (International Herald Tribune)
Local art aficionado shares his collection with UNM students Jan 19, 2007
Besides local artists, he's accumulated works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Kiki Smith, Agnes Martin, Jeff Koons, Wes Mills, Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein - to name a few. Their works are in the show along with about 38 other artists. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
ARTISTIC OPPOSITES ATTRACT AT FORUM Jan 10, 2007
January 10, 2007 -- KIKI Smith and Agnes Martin are respected female artists ... While Smith is a vibrant artist who travels the world with a retinue of assistants (or so it seems), the subject of "Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World" was a recluse who spent the last 40 years of her life in solitude in Taos, N.M. ... KIKI SMITH/AGNES MARTIN Total running time: 102 minutes. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
An overlooked sculptor's work weaves its way into our times Nov 19, 2006
But the systematic and process-oriented approach to sculpture that Asawa took might have put her close to the leading edge of a '60s shift in sensibility exemplified by artists such as Agnes Martin (1912-2004) and Sol LeWitt. Several of Asawa's early color and design exercises, made under the tutelage of Josef Albers (1888-1976) at Black Mountain College, bring to mind some of LeWitt's recent color wall drawings. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Warhol record Nov 18, 2006
The Daros Collection, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is known to focus on a small group of artists including Cy Twombly, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin and Warhol. Christie's said the board of the Daros Collection was selling the "Mao" painting "to raise proceeds for future acquisition of prime works from the 1960s.". (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Communist portrait a capitalist hit Nov 16, 2006
The Daros Collection, based in Zurich, is known to focus on a small group of artists including Cy Twombly, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin and Warhol. Its Warhol collection includes 210 Coke Bottles, Blue Liz as Cleopatra and AtomicBomb. (Globe and Mail)
Warhol's iconic ‘Mao' portrait to bring hefty price Nov 14, 2006
The Daros Collection, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is known to focus on a small group of artists including Cy Twombly, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin and Warhol. Its Warhol collection includes 210 Coke Bottles, Blue Liz as Cleopatra and AtomicBomb. (Globe and Mail)
Icons, earthly and ethereal Nov 14, 2006
Rather, like a Minimalist painting by Agnes Martin and Light and Space installations by Robert Irwin or Olafur Eliasson, Byzantine art is phenomenological. Reality is manifest as something perceived within human consciousness, not independent of it. (Los Angeles Times)
Exhibit celebrates modernism's vitality Aug 25, 2006
Abrams said the exhibit's eight featured artists include the acclaimed Tucson artist Jim Waid, the world-famous Agnes Martin and the critically beloved Susan Rothenberg. Abrams said Rothenberg's work is shown in prestigious galleries and museums around the country. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
Read Indepth Article Aug 4, 2006
A Field of Vision: Paintings from the 1980s by Agnes Martin - Dia:Beacon - absolutearts ... "A Field of Vision: Paintings from the 1980s by Agnes Martin" 2006-08-04 until 2007-03-05 Beacon, , USA United States ... The fourth in an ongoing series of exhibitions devoted to Agnes Martins work organized by Dia Art Foundation, A Field of Vision: Paintings from the 1980s will be on view at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, from August 3, 2006, through March 5, 2007. (AbsoluteArts.com)
A Field of Vision: Paintings from the 1980s by Agnes Martin Aug 4, 2006
The fourth in an ongoing series of exhibitions devoted to Agnes Martins work organized by Dia Art Foundation, A Field of Vision: Paintings from the 1980s will be on view at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, from August 3, 2006, through March 5, 2007 ... Dia Art Foundations collection of Agnes Martins work comprises some twenty paintings, which range from her formative works to her later canvases. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Here's to the ladies Jun 19, 2006
An image of the minimalist painter Agnes Martin, for example, appears at first glance as little more than a white haze. But stare at it for a few moments, and the faintest facial details begin to present themselves; it's like entering a darkened room and having to wait for your eyes to adjust to the light. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
