Thomas Nozkowski

Sleeper

One thing, one relationship, radically condensed: Thomas Nozkowski’s <i>Untitled (8-109)</i> (2008).
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One thing, one relationship, radically condensed: Thomas Nozkowski’s Untitled (8-109) (2008).

In the past 30 years Thomas Nozkowski’s allusive yet enigmatically abstract paintings have gradually acquired a cultlike devotion. This patient, quietly determined artist is the anti-hype—his paintings are slow.

Lately, however, Mr. Nozkowski has been getting a lot of attention. His paintings were featured at the Venice Biennale last summer; a mini-retrospective at Long Island City’s Emily Fisher Landau Center just closed; and two of his paintings from MoMA’s permanent collection are currently on display.  read more »

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I See a Canvas And I Want It Painted Black

An untitled painting (1970-1990) by Nicolas Carone.
Nicolas Carone
An untitled painting (1970-1990) by Nicolas Carone.

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