|
|
Article: AMY SILLMAN.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Artforum International
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 Artforum International Magazine, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The first thing you noticed on entering Amy Sillman's show of new paintings was The Umbrian Line, 1999-2000, a group of twenty bright gouaches on paper. Mostly small and arranged in a slightly uneven row, they contain elements of Italian landscapes and architecture and conjure a trecento fresco cycle like those seen in the churches of Umbria, where Sillman completed the series. Umbria doesn't exactly fit into the romantic category of the sublime-but-neglected place, but it's still a little hard to get there, and patience is required to uncover the region's rewards--not an inaccurate metaphor for looking at Sillman's work. Her quirky iconography combines elements from ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Amy Sillman at Sikkema Jenkins.
Art in America;
September 1, 2006 ;
700+ words
...Unless I am missing something, Amy Sillman delivered, in her seventh solo show ... intuition and the subconscious, Sillman has long been involved with narrative ... extraneous, sometimes even distracting. Sillman has a fondness for an armlike protrusion ...
|
|