Exhibition: Conklin, Oh, Berger

 

Andrew Conklin

A piece that Andy just finished,

It gets me thinking of  Giorgione, Titian,

and, of course, Gauguin

The guest room - in what must be the attic 

of a house owned by an artist.

Here’s the problem I have with Andy’s painting:

The delicious verisimilitude of the distinct objects

makes me long for a more unifying power in the overall space. 

The whole seems like nothing more than opportunity for its parts to be savored.

Yet  certainly there is delight in the surfaces he renders

- just as in the exhibit of historic Japanese painting

that came to the Art Institute a few years ago.

Helen Oh

Claire Berger

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