GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN: ART

STEVE DIBENEDETTO

 

 

DiBenedetto does for octopuses and u.f.o.s what Cézanne did for apples and oranges (and what Guston did for bloodshot eyeballs), making paintings for painting’s sake. This fiendishly appealing small show of the artist’s collages begins with a swarming work held in place by straight pins, so its elements flutter like insects. It’s followed by compressed and agitated compositions in acid hues that seem ready to melt down into raw energy or whir off the page. Don’t miss the chapbook that accompanies the show, a visual index of DiBenedetto’s inspirations, from alchemical illustrations to “Easy Rider.” Through Feb. 25.

 

January 15 – February 25

43 E. 78th St., NY, NY
212-744-0151
 

 


- steve db 2-07-2014 1:04 pm

That's one hell of a pull-quote.


- steve 2-07-2014 2:44 pm [add a comment]


No shit.
- bill 2-07-2014 5:35 pm [add a comment]


Amazing. Is this in the print edition. I can't find it. Maybe next week? Do you know who wrote it?
- jim 2-08-2014 4:38 pm [add a comment]


Well....maybe next week, maybe just on line...Being as old as the pyramids I dont feel that such utterances are completely valid unless printed, but wtf...good to me...NYer never prints writer but my guess is Andrea K Scott, old friend of ours...
- steve db 2-09-2014 5:50 am [add a comment]


In that nyer typeface!
- bill 2-09-2014 12:28 pm [add a comment]





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