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May 08, 2014

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Jean-Michel Basquiat died 25 years ago today

25 years ago today the art world suffered a huge loss when Jean-Michel Basquiat died at the age of 28. You read that right - only 28 years old.

Eric Fischl at Mary Boone Gallery

Chicken or the egg? When looking at the work of Eric Fischl , which is it that strikes the viewer first: his masterly painting skills or the subject matter? Renowned for his work with light and shadow, color, and brushwork, he has also never shied away from being provocative with his imagery and composition. His early works featured psycho-sexual melodramas of suburban pool and party scenes. The images made the viewer think, "Waitaminnit, what the..." but after the initial "shock," Fischl's painting skills took over or at least had equal weight. Other examples are the controversial Arthur Ashe and 9/11 sculptures, the latter which led to its removal. A few years ago he displayed very large paintings of bull fights (reviewed here) which also tweeked sore points with some viewers. The current show, "Portraits," goes into an odd place. A series of weekend/vacation shots that seem innocuous and relatively tame, until you realize it's Lifetimes of the ...

Chuck Bowdish at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

Most artists tend to do more than just one thing. Most do painting but also do collage or cartooning or sculpture. It's not often for a gallery to show the diversity of an artist, to spread their wings a bit rather than "pigeonhole" them. Granted, there are many logical reasons to present an artist in a clear and consistent light. Steven Harvery Fine Art Projects shows a few different sides of the prolific Chuck Bowdish , yet there's connective tissue between these pieces. "Best Not To Annoy God" exhibits paintings, watercolors and collages on paper. There's a clear influence of early Picasso figures that can't be denied. Throw in a smidge of Basquiat, a little Henry Darger, a dash of de Chirico, and Bowdish stirs them up to create his own vision. His background as a commercial illustrator serves him well in his graphic sensibilities. It's not easy to commit to large areas of negative space if you don't know how to make it work ...

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