by Will Brand on June 9, 2011
The cavernous feel of Casey Kaplan's space on 21st Street is a good setting for big, abstract painting. Put an interesting enough work up, and it can command fifty feet of wall, spreading out on either side like blinders on a racehorse. Garth Weiser's current show, though, takes that to an extreme, scattering eight big canvases and a handful of drawings around the space like rent is cheap.
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by Will Brand on April 29, 2011
Jonathan Monk: “Your Name Here” Date: THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH 2011 - SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH 2011 Venue: Casey Kaplan, 525 West 21st St. AFC’s Rating: 4/10 (Will Brand) Jonathan Monk is reliably funny; as this show at Casey Kaplan exemplifies, though, he’s not always reliably good. Entering the gallery, the first few walls bear early Polaroids of hotel exteriors, coupled with [...]
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