The artful world of Gauntt Nov 2, 2006
"Like many young painters, Jeff Gauntt is successfully mining the familiar gap between abstraction and representation, object and illusion, painting and craft, not to mention carpentry and digital imaging. The precedents evoked include early Dali, Fred Tomaselli, Jessica Stockholder and Dona Nelson," says Smith. Smith continued in her critique of "False Bottom," saying "the work was a nearly abstract rendering of trees and snow in three colors, which has a strange and voluptuous multimedia... (Pasadena Citizen, TX)
- Ruaridh Nicoll May 21, 2006
Look at the recent exhibitions at the Fruitmarket: Fred Tomaselli and Fred Sandback from the US; Cai Guo-Qiang from China; and a collection from the French Regional Art Collection. None of this is anti-London or Anglophobic. (Guardian Unlimited)
Art | By multiplication, products of art Dec 25, 2005
I loved the way Fred Tomaselli made images of jewellike delicacy by trapping real insects in resin. I also admired Jason Salavon's transformations of ordinary objects like shoes, automobiles and furniture into extraordinary mandalas and evocations of celestial bodies. (Philly.com -- Entertainment)
LeWitt meets his match in two strong exhibitions Oct 14, 2005
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, LeWitt's contemporary (they are both nearing 80), shows up here with one of her trademark paintings, ''Accretions II" (1967), in which the grid is so flowing and looping it resembles the scales on the skin of a coiled snake. The grid is more than just scaffolding upon which to hang a larger idea; it is in itself a twisting, spinning cosmos.Cai Guo-Qiang and Fred Tomaselli, the other artists in the show, follow LeWitt and Kusama by a generation and layer social... (Boston Globe -- Living)
More of this story Oct 8, 2005
Fred Tomaselli, who some Downtowners remember as a staple at the erstwhile artist-run Gorky's, incorporated dried pot and pills in his work. Schimmel said Tomaselli gave up a big gallery show in New York to work on new pieces for Ecstasy. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Dancer in the bright Sep 2, 2005
These ranged from a collection of William Wegman's portraits of his soulful weimeraners intriguingly posed at various sites on MDI and surrounding islands (happily in their own beautiful birthday suits); a whimsical watercolor by Nicole Eisenman of dogs snoozing around a campfire; a painting of colorful birds (finches, I think) by Fred Tomaselli that looks as if it might be a page from Roger Tory Peterson's guide book until on closer examination one sees the pretty birdies are all wearing... (Bar Harbor Times, ME)
Repetition makes the ordinary sublime Jul 20, 2005
Nina Katchadourian, Victoria Haven, Juliann Cydylo, Tom Fruin, and Fred Tomaselli all also manipulate paper. Tomaselli's work is the most intriguing because it seems so innocent at first, but then takes a bizarre turn. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Liquid Experiments: Ken Echezabal Feb 7, 2005
His current influences are trance, op, and ambient painters such as Fred Tomaselli and Gerhard Richter. About C3 Agency: C3 is the "Future-Now Agency" that authentically fuses bold companies with youth culture. (AbsoluteArts.com)
I know what girls like Dec 31, 2004
On a humbler scale, "The Paper Sculpture Show" at Art Interactive (130 Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, February 18March 27) lets you bend it (or rip it or crumple it) like Beckham, inviting gallery visitors to create sculpture following instructions designed by 29 artists, including E.V. Day, Rachel Harrison, Glenn Ligon, and Fred Tomaselli. More designing artists appear in "Strategic Design" at the fledgling GASP (362 Boylston Street in Boston, February 1128) in a group show curated by the... (Boston Phoenix, MA)
Open House: Working in Brooklyn May 5, 2004
Pressed to list artists who stand out, I'd name Kristin Baker, Wangechi Mutu, Ricci Albenda, Fred Tomaselli, Ward Shelley, Luis Gispert, Elana Herzog, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Phong Bui, Dawn Clements, Diana Cooper, Patricia Cronin, Brady Dollarhide, and Kate Gilmore. But naming names is futile. (Village Voice)
Contemporary art leads museum purchases Apr 24, 2004
Other sought-after artists were Tony Oursler, Fred Tomaselli, Sarah Sze, and Ernest Neto in the multi-media and installation fields. Also widely bought was video art, with the favored artists being Anri Sala, Philippe Parreno, Elija-Liisa Ahtila, Jeremy Blake, Rodney Graham, Tacita Dean, Gillian Wearing, Brian Fridge, and Jonathan Monk. (Big News Network.com, Australia)
Leaving postmodernist and postminimalist strategies behind and breathing fresh air Mar 16, 2004
Amy Sillman, James Siena, Mel Bochner, Fred Tomaselli, and Lecia Dole-Recio also look good. Cameron Martin and Tam Van Tran are passable but not biennial material and David Hockney looks lame, my soft spot for him notwithstanding. (Google News -- Entertainment)
250 reasons to be happy, then some Oct 28, 2003
Laugh and cry with the Gilbert and George videos, shake like a leaf before the hauntingly beautiful Fred Tomaselli collages, drift into the ethereal night skies of the most underrated artist of the 20th century, Vija Celmins. For four years now, the Mori has been cultivating relationships, engaging, as "international advisers," Tate director Nicholas Serota, Pompidou director Alfred Pacquement, MoMA director Glenn D. Lowry, and several other respected and influential overseas museum directors (The Japan Times, Japan)
