The Santa Fe New Mexican (September 04, 2009)
Author: Douglas Fairfield
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Is there such a thing as artistic testosterone? It sounds like a throwback to the chain-smoking, sweat-soaked T-shirt days of Abstract Expressionism or maybe the heyday of Mannerism in 16th- century Europe, when young punk painters with a lot of swagger displayed their virtuosity with images of beautiful figures in all kinds of contorted positions.
If, in fact, there exists a hormone for creating exceptional art, one could argue that it's alive and well in the exhibition Irrational Exuberance at New Concept Gallery, which features the work of Frank Ettenberg, Aaron Karp, and Reg Loving. These painters - -All for One and One for Art
not punks, mind you -- seem to be at the top of their game in producing vital, abstract images that exude emotional expression
by way of direct response to their material and through morecalculated means to convey their joy of a multicolored palette, kinetic energy, and mark making.The artists have known each other since the 1970s and have exh...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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