Happy 80th birthday Robert Bechtle!
Pictured: Bechtle’s Alameda Gran Torino (1974)
From our website: For more than 40 years Robert Bechtle has pursued a quiet realism, working from photographs of familiar subjects to depict precise moments in time. Despite their photographic origins, however, his canvases are resolutely and finally about painting. Underneath the smooth sheen of their surfaces lies a textured web of strokes and dabs, where abstract shapes meet edges to form an intricate, layered view of our environment.
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Camilo Ontiveros’ washer and dryer (Tangerine and Turquoise Maytag, 2010. Found washer and dryer and automotive paint, 42 x 31 x 27 inches) reminds me of a prettified version of Whiting Tennis’ temporary installation of a handmade, wooden washer and dryer set in the weeds at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle. Ontiveros’ work can be found @ Steve Miller Contemporary
Gary Justis, Untitled (Venetian) 1, 2011, relief monoprint with embossing paper: Arches Cover. Courtesy of Manneken Press. A wonderful gallery that will be exhibiting at the TX Contemporary Art Fair in Houston this fall.
Fergus Feehily’s North Star, 2008. Found frame, book cover and acrylic on MDF. 20 x 14 x 1 cm. Courtesy of Misako & Rosen.
Jonathan Torgovnik’s Bollywood Dreams are a pretty amazing set of photos. Courtesy of Alan Klotz Gallery.
