{"id":1835,"date":"2010-07-30T15:52:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T22:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/07\/painting_pound_for_pound\/"},"modified":"2010-07-30T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T22:52:30","slug":"painting_pound_for_pound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/07\/painting_pound_for_pound.html","title":{"rendered":"Painting, pound for pound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The heavyweight in the field is Jay DeFeo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abstract-art.com\/abstraction\/l2_Grnfthrs_fldr\/g084c_DeFao_The-Rose.html\"><i>The Rose<\/i><\/a> (1958-66), tipping the scale at 3,000 pounds. DeFeo didn&#8217;t intend gargantuan. Over the years, as she added and never took away,&nbsp; it grew. Most painters are content to work with a flat surface, but there are artists for whom flat is a synonym for starting gate. Once they blow through it, they go for volume, volume, volume.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackshainman.com\/artist-images43.html\">Leslie Wayne<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"lesliewaynepaint.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/lesliewaynepaint.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"586\" width=\"440\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativethriftshop.com\/Artist\/Images_IvanaBrenner\/_Sculpture_IvanaBrenner.htm\">Ivanna Brenner <\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/joannemattera.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/material-color.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ivannabrennerpaint.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/ivannabrennerpaint.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.re-title.com\/artists\/peter-fox.asp\">Peter Fox<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/joannemattera.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/material-color.html\">via<\/a>)<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"peterfoxpaint.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/peterfoxpaint.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"347\" width=\"455\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/margie.net\/portfolio-2010-04.html\">Margie Livingston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"margielivingpaint.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/margielivingpaint.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"389\" width=\"385\" \/>Peter Tollens <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patriciasweetowgallery.com\/inventory\/archives\/cat_tollens_peter.php\"><i>Untitled<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n2005<br \/>\noil on wood<br \/>\n3.75 x 3 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"petertollenpaint.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/petertollenpaint.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"552\" width=\"450\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patriciasweetowgallery.com\/inventory\/archives\/cat_toenges_michael.php\">Michael Toenges<\/a><br \/>\n16-07-32-28<br \/>\n2007<br \/>\noil on linen<br \/>\n15 x 13 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"michaeltoengespnt.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/michaeltoengespnt.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"506\" width=\"458\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrimoreproject.com\/lp\/Andrew_Dadson.html\">Andrew Dadson<\/a>&nbsp;<i>To Be Titled<\/i>, 2010.<br \/>\nOil on canvas<br \/>\n20 x 15 inches<br \/>\n(detail)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"andrewdadsonpnt.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/andrewdadsonpnt.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"364\" width=\"472\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drooel.com\/2010\/05\/10\/wil-jansen\/\">Wil Jansen<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wiljansenpnt.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wiljansenpnt.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"439\" width=\"402\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artasauthority.com\/2010\/06\/patch_paint_richard_allen_morr.html\">Richard Allen Morris<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"richardallenmorris.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/richardallenmorris.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"450\" width=\"340\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acmelosangeles.com\/artists\/tomory-dodge\/?view=images\">Tomory Dodge<\/a> <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrimoreproject.com\/lp\/2008\/Entries\/2008\/1\/10_The_Prom%3A_A_Semi-Formal_Survey_of_Semi-Formal_Painting.html\">Survivalist<\/a><\/i>, 2007. Oil on canvas.13 3\/4 x 16 inches<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TomoryDodgeSurvival.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/TomoryDodgeSurvival.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"391\" width=\"450\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drooel.com\/2010\/03\/08\/drew-klassen\/\">Drew Klassen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DrewKlassenpaint.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/DrewKlassenpaint.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"390\" width=\"500\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joansnyder.net\/index.php\">Joan Snyder<\/a> <i>Life of A Tree<\/i>, 2007.<br \/>\nOil, acrylic, cloth, berries, paper mache, glitter, nails, pastel, on linen<br \/>\n48&#8243; x 68&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"joansnyderpnt.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/joansnyderpnt.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"352\" width=\"500\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesharrisgallery.com\/Previous%20Exhibitions\/alexanderkroll022010.html\">Alexander Kroll<\/a> <i>Untitled<\/i>, 2009<br \/>\nOil on linen over panel<br \/>\n14&#8243; x 14&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"alexanderkrollpnt.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/alexanderkrollpnt.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"481\" width=\"480\" \/>Back to flat. Paint doesn&#8217;t need to be thick to be thick. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jamesharrisgallery.com\/Previous%20Exhibitions\/angelafraleigh042007.htm\">Angela Fraleigh<\/a>, <i>in this moment<\/i>, 2007, oil on panel, 72&#8243; x 96&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AngelaFraleighpnt.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/AngelaFraleighpnt.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"359\" width=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heavyweight in the field is Jay DeFeo&#8217;s The Rose (1958-66), tipping the scale at 3,000 pounds. DeFeo didn&#8217;t intend gargantuan. Over the years, as she added and never took away,&nbsp; it grew. Most painters are content to work with a flat surface, but there are artists for whom flat is a synonym for starting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}