tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522800471258383718.post7905856458932531639..comments2024-03-26T06:56:13.092-04:00Comments on Left Bank Art Blog: New York Art NotesCharles Kesslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07068758792988742599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522800471258383718.post-20380479573079834722011-04-17T14:55:43.739-04:002011-04-17T14:55:43.739-04:00I did see the Noland show and there were some grea...I did see the Noland show and there were some great color paintings, but some bizarre ones too. It was nice to see him explore different things. <br /><br />I just came back from a couple of days in Washington (I'll be posting on that in a few days) where I saw a large Blinky Palermo. Same story with him -- he doesn't really use color any more than Kelly -- and his drawing isn't that interesting.<br /><br />I saw a lot of art that made the trip worthwhile, though. Mainly oldies but goodies like Leonardo's Ginevra Benci.Charles Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661140719490292370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522800471258383718.post-38877788482285862052011-04-17T14:22:27.776-04:002011-04-17T14:22:27.776-04:00I've been wanting to respond to your thumbnail...I've been wanting to respond to your thumbnail on the Ellsworth Kelly show, but I've been absorbed watching the Red Sox make history with their worst start EVER! Be that as it may, I think you're on target in saying Kelly's never been committed to color expression, not like Louis or Noland (at his best), let alone Matisse, insofar as it's pretty much color straight from the tube with neither light nor air breathing through it. (BTW did you see Noland's Golden Oldies at Miichell-Inness? I saw a link to the catalog, "Painting in the Atomic Age", that sounds totally appalling, bestowing "meaning" upon great art by putting it into "context"!)Carl Belznoreply@blogger.com