Charles Juhász-Alvarado’s mid-career retrospective (2008), organized by Exit Art in New York, was titled “Complicated Stories” for good reason. In trying to unpack his intellectually challenging work, a writer scrounges around for synonyms such as complex, maximalist, multi-layered, and, certainly, enigmatic.
October 2011
Andy Goldsworthy
SAN FRANCISCO Presidio National Park and Haines Gallery Andy Goldsworthy has been a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost 20 years. The Haines Gallery, which curated “California Projects,” Goldsworthy’s first U.S. show (1992), has also sponsored residencies for the artist to create work in the Sierra Nevadas and the Santa Barbara coastal area, as well as in Sonoma County.
Ronald Bladen
NEW YORK Loretta Howard Gallery In recent years, Ronald Bladen has been cited as a “Romantic Minimalist,” along with Robert Grosvenor and Robert Smithson.
“The Nameless Hour: Places of Reverie, Paths of Reflection”
RICHMOND Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University “The Nameless Hour” explored the oneiric imagination through a variety of sculptural and projection-based installations.
Katharina Grosse
Just about 12 years ago, German artist Katharina Grosse initiated a radical and risky extension of her painting, moving off the canvas and into architectural spaces. She began to make her swirling, energetic, intensely colorful abstract works directly on walls and, in some cases, parts of the ceiling; in these and subsequent works, Grosse exchanged
Betye Saar
NEW YORK Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Betye Saar spent four years preparing for this exhibition—not a small effort, considering that she is 84 years old.
