Rackstraw Downes
A Radical Conservative
Betty Cunningham Gallery
Windows of sky: Bull Barn Interior,
Marfa, TX (2007).
Marfa, TX (2007).
Jerry Saltz, art critic for New York magazine, appeared on a panel a few years back where he described the painter Rackstraw Downes as “strong conservative.” We know what “strong” is: forceful, confident and of a high quality. But “conservative”—what on earth can that mean?
Mr. Downes is a representational painter—this is to say, an artist who creates recognizable images. But so are Will Cotton, Neo Rauch and Carroll Dunham. No one runs around pegging them as “conservative,” so that can’t be it. read more »
Bearden's Collages Encompass Bruegel's Babel, Harlem Blues
In his essay What the Sixties Meant to Me, the painter Rackstraw Downes writes of an encounter with read more »
Bearden’s Collages Encompass Bruegel’s Babel, Harlem Blues
Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY
Romare Bearden
In his essay What the Sixties Meant to Me, the painter Rackstraw Downes writes of an encounter with read more »
Danish Artist Tine Lundsfryd’s Delineates True Abstraction
A good portion of the paintings in Tine Lundsfryd’s first one-person exhibition at Lori Bookstein read more »
Danish Artist Tine Lundsfryd’s Delineates True Abstraction
A good portion of the paintings in Tine Lundsfryd’s first one-person exhibition at Lori Bookstein read more »
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