NYC Museum Exhibits: Summer 2008 May 12, 2008
1928), Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Philip Guston (1913-1980) and Clyfford Still (1904-1980). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Suite101.com)
Modern American architectural gems set for auction May 11, 2008
The house is to be auctioned tomorrow, not by a Palm Springs realtor but alongside the trio of Francis Bacon self-portraits and a very rare Clyfford Still painting in a sale of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's in New York. Five days later, another modern American architectural landmark will go on the block when the Margaret Esherick House, which was designed by Louis Kahn at the turn of the 1960s for a local bookstore owner in the Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia comes up for sale at... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Michael Goldberg, Abstract Expressionist painter Jan 9, 2008
Mr. Goldberg was a painter of strong convictions who in his youth was influenced by the gestural Abstract Expressionist mode of older painters such as Franz Kline, Clyfford Still, and Willem de Kooning, and never abandoned it. The improvisational nature of jazz, which he admired, was also important to his work. (Boston Globe)
Color as field Dec 29, 2007
He did not include Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Hans Hoffman, Adolph Gottlieb and Barnett Newman as Wilkin does in this exhibition organized by the American Federation of the Arts. The exhibition features more than 40 expansive canvases. (Durango Herald)
Review: Painter Diebenkorn found inspiration in New Mexico desert Oct 19, 2007
At CSFA he had contact with powerful older artistic personalities, including Clyfford Still (1904-1980), Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and David Park (1912-1960), with whom Diebenkorn would later define the manner known as Bay Area Figuration. In 1950, Diebenkorn still considered himself an abstract painter, but never denied that his art flowed from sources throughout his experience, not just from the experience of painting. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A tale of two shows Oct 4, 2007
Clearly a barnburner of a money-maker (the place is packed), this exhibition solemnly presents Bateman as an artist grappling with the big themes of 20th-century art, an heir to Franz Kline, Clyfford Still or even Vincent Van Gogh, a lone wolf wrongly condemned by the art snobs who are out to get him. This is patent nonsense, serving simply to reveal Bateman's shallow understanding of his great forebears. (Globe and Mail)
Vivid paintings draw on Columbine's darkness May 11, 2007
"Bachelor's Bounty" features works by Stuart Davis, Sol LeWitt, and Clyfford Still. An Andy Warhol hangs at the top of a staircase glimpsed through the floor-to-ceiling windows of a three-story apartment in "Urban Sleek" ; we're viewing life refracted through the modernist grid. (Boston Globe)
Theme gets muddled in 'Modern West' Apr 16, 2007
She concentrates on Jackson Pollock, who grew up in the West and was influenced by Navajo sand painting, and Clyfford Still, a native of North Dakota who took inspiration from the Alberta prairies where he spent time on his family's wheat farm. Neff calls this section of the exhibition Epilogue: The Abstract West. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Francis Bacon's $30 Million Painting May Set Record at Sotheby's Sale Mar 29, 2007
A piece by Clyfford Still sold last year for $21. 3 million. (Bloomberg -- UK)
From the artist Clyfford Still, another 'bolt out of the blue' Mar 21, 2007
From the artist Clyfford Still, another 'bolt out of the blue' - International Herald Tribune. The art historian David Anfam, left, and Dean Sobel, director of the Clyfford Still Museum that is to open in Denver, viewing a canvas by the Abstract Expressionist, whose works were rarely exhibited ... From the artist Clyfford Still, another 'bolt out of the blue. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
San Diego's shock of the new Feb 11, 2007
Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Mayner Architects turned the rundown baggage hub into the Jacobs Building by cleaning and clarifying the existing interior, dividing it into three major galleries with the original windows bringing in daylight, plus a smaller, windowless space that at the inauguration held significant works by Barnett Newman (1905-1970), Clyfford Still (1904-1980), Frank Stella and other pieces. A fourth, nonpublic, space makes the Jacobs Building unique among American art museums: a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paul Spencer: The Entropics Feb 9, 2007
He was born in Milwaukee, studied at the University of Wisconsin and finally attended art school in San Francisco under such teachers as Clyfford Still, David Park and Elmer Bischoff ... Those giant, ragged-edged planes of colour, buoyed up by all that rhetoric about life and death and the sublime, now seem suspiciously dull and bombastic - although we'll have a clearer idea when the long-awaited Clyfford Still Museum, which will house about 90 per cent of his work, opens in Denver in 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The new rulers of the universe Jan 20, 2007
On the walls, paintings by Jackson Pollock, Rauschenberg, Degas, Clyfford Still. An Alexander Calder mobile graces the indoor swimming pool. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Architect chosen for Clyfford Still Museum Nov 28, 2006
Dean Sobel, director of the Clyfford Still Museum, said Cloepfil impressed the selection committee "with his past museum experience, strong architectural vision, and shared respect for the artist, his work and the mission of the museum.". Related Industry stories. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Hong Kong billionaire pays record for Warhol Chairman Mao painting Nov 17, 2006
The sale of post-war and contemporary art also included works by Willem de Kooning, Clyfford Still, Sam Francis and Sol Lewitt. Christie's said the sale total had topped 239 million US dollars, breaking through the 200 million barrier mark for a sale of post war and contemporary for the first time. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Warhol auction sets fresh record Nov 17, 2006
A work by abstract expressionist Clyfford Still, 1947-R-No 1, reached $21. 2m, more than three times its estimate, and another new record. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
Contemporary Art: More records set at Christie's auction in New York Nov 17, 2006
The big surprise of the evening was an abstract painting by Clyfford Still "1947-R-No.1," indeed dated 1947. It nearly tripled the higher end of the estimate as it ended its upward course at $21. (International Herald Tribune)
Warhol record caps off auctions' billion-dollar bonanza Nov 16, 2006
Lesser-known artists whose works rarely come to auction commanded similarly high prices, most notably Clyfford Still whose 1947-R-No. 1 fetched $US21,296,000, which is more than three times the high pre-sale estimate and obliterates the artist's old mark of $US3. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Offbeat)
Echoes of tragedy, ecstasy and sublime Jun 30, 2006
For example, while Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock engaged in a highly gestural idiom, Rothko, along with Barnett Newman and Clyfford Still, focused on the expressive potential of large color fields. Rothko in particular explored the physical sensations generated by an atmospheric field of radiant optical effects. (Korea Herald, Korea)
What's the BIG IDEA? May 6, 2006
The 13-foot-long painting by Clyfford Still normally commanded this looming space. Hanging on the wall behind Therrien's table and chairs, it suddenly looks like a modest "sofa-sized" painting you could tuck under your arm. (Buffalo News)
Spirit of the age Jan 26, 2006
You can't imagine him going in for the pompous transcendentalism of a Barnett Newman, the "sublime" posturings of a Clyfford Still, or even the dilute, wide-screen pathos of the Rothko Chapel. He didn't give a damn about pie in the sky; what interested him more was a disc of used rubber from a truck tyre in the street, and what might happen if you nailed it on a striped board as part of a randomly accumulated "palette of objects". (Guardian Unlimited)
