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http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2012/07/the-modern-art-notes-podcast-barbara-kruger/
In the second segment of his weekly podcast, Tyler Green talks with curator Karen Wilkin about the exhibition American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning and Their Circle, 1927–1942, on view at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas through August 19, 2012. (Note: the first segment is an interview with artist Barbara Kruger, Wilkin's interview begins 40:25 into the program)
Wilkin notes the importance of John Graham to the American painters: "Graham was always in the middle of it… He's the glue." She also comments on how each artist was important to the others' development: "That kind of cross-fertilization is what fascinates us… It's not just that they're looking at European modernism, that's how these artists are always discussed, in relation to what was going on in Paris. Of course they're paying attention to that, but they're also looking at each other's interpretations of European modernism and learning from each other."
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http://mnaves.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/american-vanguards-graham-davis-gorky-de-kooning-and-their-cirlce-1927-1942-at-the-neuberger-museum-of-art/
Mario Naves reviews the exhibition American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927–1942 at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, on view through April 29, 2012.
Naves writes that these four artists "were united by an unshakable sense of purpose. 'American Vanguards' is installed with an eye toward underscoring that bond. Discrete themes - the still-life, the city, abstraction (both pure and not), and what can only be termed Ingres-worship - are grouped together with a keen sense of rhythm and commonality. Continuity is the leitmotif, and it’s elaborated upon with understated and, at moments, thrilling nuance."
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http://artweek.la/issue/september-19-2011/article/hans-burkhardt-within-beyond-the-mainstream
Preivew of the exhibtion Hans Burkhardt: Within & Beyond The Mainstream on view at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts from September 24 - December 24, 2011.
"Arriving in L.A. in 1937, following his association with Arshile Gorky, whose studio he shared in New York from 1928-37, Burkhardt represented L.A.'s earliest and most critical link to the New York School... Burkhardt was both critically celebrated and 'censored,' as his works proved controversial in the years leading up to the McCarthy Era, when modern artists in L.A. were seen as Communist threats. Particularly controversial were his anti-war paintings and Hollywood studio strike paintings..."
In an interesting interview at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Burkhardt describes his life and career and experiences as Arshille Gorky's student and studio mate.
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http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/saltz/the-new-is-old-again11-17-10.asp
