Amy Sillman, Anna Sew Hoy at SIKKEMA JENKINS & CO.

James Kalm wheels into Chelsea to sample the exhibitions of Amy Sillman and Anna Sew Hoy. If anyone was to be put forth as an example of where the current state of the "New York School" is, Amy Sillman qualifies. Her luscious and physical use of paint, strong drawing, strange figurative fragments and an adherence to the legacy of Ab-Ex have given her a local cult-like following as well as international recognition. Anne Sew Hoy mixes masterly craft skills with an appreciation of the suburban abject, rendered in the ubiquitous materials of denim, ceramics and shades.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Thank you Kate

[@claureic]

I love the suite of drawings. It shows that Sillman is the most talented heir to Philip Guston. I love her line, her colors. Top-class. Thanks James for this video.

[@kcollinsart]

Wonderful paintings! I loved the suite of drawings as well. Sillman's scraping and working of the surface and her color, her color, her color..just inspiring.

[@d1artbob]

I had an opinion of Amy Stillman's work that your video erased. Thanks, James. I now know more and understand her work and appreciate it more.

[@en4ce_]

thanks for sharing

[@claureic]

That last Sillman piece (Shape 6.38), in the backroom... it reminds me of Bacon's 1946 Three studies for the base of a Crucifiction (the background, the long arm-like whitish shape...).

[@tubeberk08]

"Defamiliarize" is a way of waterproofing your paintings... especially from art critic spittle
;))

[@MrSeanMDickinson]

Colours remind me of Hockney

[@claureic]

@jameslour I didn't know the NYT had art critics...

[@jameskalm]

@jameslour "Defamiliarize"? I guess I missed that class in art school, but it sounds like it involves electrodes attached to the forehead. There's plenty of "unfamiliarized" painting going on out there, and the NY Times critics generally run in the opposite direction, fast.
"Pastiche" now that's another subject.