By Owen Duffy
“If the world has imagined and experienced Nepal and its people as an idyllic Shangri-la,” writes art historian Dina Bangdel, “the brutal aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake forever shattered that dream.” Social media and television feeds have since been inundated with images of Nepal’s cultural heritage in ruins; temples and [...]
Fridman Gallery - New York
By Owen Duffy
Summer Wheat continually experiments with what painting can do, what it can become, and the narratives that have constructed its grand tradition. For her most recent endeavor at Fridman Gallery, “Walk-in Pantry,” Wheat created what amounts to art historical parafiction-with, as art historian Carrie Lambert-Beatty would say, [...]
Reynolds Gallery - Richmond, VA
By Owen Duffy
Over the past decade, Ron Johnson has driven out west almost every summer. He leaves his Richmond home, with no particular destination in mind, in search of big skies and bigger views. Registering the subtle topographical changes over time-how the land gradually morphs from plains to foothills [...]
