Tom Judd: “The World is Flat” at Stremmel Gallery by cherie louise turner, art ltd. july 2011

 
Fifty collages and collage-like paintings make up the bulk of this large show of work by Philadelphia-based artist Tom Judd. These are similar to works Judd has been making for years. They incorporate naturalist-like paintings of birds as well as airplanes and trailers, the Utah desert (where Judd spent a lot of time during childhood), and wallpaper-esque patterns over or next to old hand-written recipes, maps, player-piano roll music, postcards, and long-ago sent envelopes. Read More

CATHERINE COURTENAYE: PAINTINGS

Boise Art Museum, May 14 – October 16, 2011

Catherine Courtenaye’s colorful abstract paintings are the outcome of her interest in American 19th-century penmanship workbooks, ledgers and documents. Read More

David Kessler | Paintings on Metal

Reno Tahoe Tonight, June 2011

 
As a painter focused on addressing the concerns of painting – what has been done and what has yet to be done – Arizona artist David Kessler has managed to distinguish himself within the genera of photo-realistic painting through his fresh approach to the relationship between medium and surface.
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Sign Language: Alter-Native Signs gives alternative directions by Rani Molla, 5.31.11, Santa Fe Reporter

 
Words are meaningless—until, of course, they have meaning. Linguist Ferdinand de Saussure made major headway in the world of words with his treatise on signs, which consist of the relationship between the signifier (a symbol) and the signified (that which it represents). For example, a sign is the word “tree,” the signifier is the sound “tree” and the signified is the thought “tree.” “Tree” in itself has no inherent value—it neither looks like a tree nor sounds like a tree—it’s just an arbitrary term. Read More

On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, Roger Berry’s sculpture, ‘Moonrise’ was approved by the Napa City Council for the Napa Community Redevelopment Agency’s downtown beautification project. Read below for more information on this public artwork.

‘Moonrise’ may shine at new downtown park

by Kevin Courtney, Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Napa Valley Register.com

 
The virtual explosion of art in downtown Napa continues, with the city’s redevelopment agency proposing to buy a circular work of stainless steel for a planned pocket park at Third Street and Soscol Avenue.

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To view Welcome, Welcome! The Life and Art of Tom Judd (Part Two) by Philadelphia filmmaker, John Thornton, click here.

To view Welcome, Welcome! The Life and Art of Tom Judd (Part One) by Philadelphia filmmaker, John Thornton, click here.

Tom Judd | The World Is Flat

May 19 – June 18, 2011

Chapter 5: Pointing The Way

As a life-long gather of images, Tom Judd skillfully rearranges commonplace iconography along side fundamental elements of art to create beautiful, two-dimensional pathways for exploring the pictorial charm and untempered spirit associated with any moment in time. Read More

Tom Judd | The World Is Flat

May 19 – June 18, 2011

Chapter 4: Longing Always Seems To Be

 
“My work suggests the finding of an artifact from another time. It imparts a contradictory sense of loss and discovery on the viewer. It taps into a sort of longing that seems to always be in the background, if not the foreground – that memory of a forgotten past.” – Tom Judd Read More

To view filmmaker John Thornton’s latest video on the artist, please visit, Tom Judd, The World Is Flat.