"Learning to See Color." University of Denver Art Museum, January 14-March, 2016

OSHA White, Blue & Orange 1995 oil on raw canvas, stainless steel and polyvinyl
69x50x3" (6 panels)

"Learning to See Color," is a big group exhibition at The Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver Art  Museum.  The exhibition is co-curated by Vicki Myhren Gallery Director and Adjunct Instructor of Drawing and Color Theory Jeffrey Keith. The artists included Josef Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, and contemporaries like Rachel Lachowitz and Kehinde Wiley. The curators selected an OSHA Series painting 1994-1995.  http://vicki-myhren gallery.edu/2016/01/07learning 

Ryan Bevilaqua's Le Garage Delray, Florida

Ryan Bevilaqua of Loft 594 fame in Bushwick is now heading up operations down in South Florida at the Le Garage gallery in Delray Beach, Florida. The inaugural show is entitled "In the Beginning...The story of the Big Bang." It opened November 6 and runs through December 10th. I'm very pleased to be a part of this show with three paintings and to be in a show that includes Edmund Campos who did the wonderful concrete painting that is sandwiched in between two of my works above.

Le Garage is part of the growing scene that was spearheaded by the Gavlak Gallery in Palm Beach. Best of luck to Ryan and his crew!

http://www.legaragedelray.com/

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Red and White 2015 Oil-based spray paint on raw canvas and stainless steel; polyvinyl over wood  36 × 16 in

Twenty Seven II 2006 acrylic on canvas 14 x 65" 

Blue 2015 Oil-based spray paint on raw canvas 14x22"

New York Times, October 11, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/realestate/cypress-hills-brooklyn-art-space.html?_r=0

A Bed and an Easel Under One Roof

     THE BUYER Max Estenger's paintings hang in his living room in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.Credit      Uli Seit for The New York Times

Max Estenger @Rumba extended thru Feb. 14

Saturday night's opening at Kimba Hill's rumba space in Santa Monica was a great start to the exhibition of new paintings by Steven Van Nort and me. The show runs through December 12 and the gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 10-6.  Here are some photos from the reception and the installation.

With Steven Van Nort at the opening reception

Yellow and White 2014
Oi-based spray paint on stainless steel and canvas
45 x 36" five panels

Installation view in the white room

Red and White 2014
Oil-based spray paint on stainless steel and wood panel
12 x 24" two panels

Blue (Triangle) 2014
Oil-based spray paint on stainless steel and wood panel
52 x 40" six panels

Red and White 2014
Oi-based spray paint on canvas and stainless steel
36 x 45" five panels

Black (Square) 2014
Oil-based spray paint on canvas and poly-vinyl
54 x 36" three panels

A majestic 8-foot Steven Van Nort painting 

Black and Yellow 2014
Oil-based spray paint on steel and canvas; poly-vinyl over wood
67 x 30" three panels

Max Estenger Oct. 18-Dec 12 Santa Monica

Max Estenger BLUE 2014
Flashe vinyl on canvas, poly-vinyl, steel
52 x 40" (six panels)

Hey everyone, I wanted to invite all of you to my upcoming show at Kimba Hill's rumba in Santa Monica from October 18-December 12. The exhibition is entitled DIGITAL and will also include paintings by the wonderful LA-based painter Steven Van Nort. Rumba is open Mon-Sat. 10AM to 6 PM in Santa Monica.  http://kimbahills.com/d-i-g-i-t-a-l-opens-at-rumba-on-october-18th/

Peter Blake Gallery at Downtown Fair, 25th Street Armory

At most art fairs, one is usually fortunate to discover a few good, unfamiliar artists. It is even rarer to discover an entire unfamiliar gallery that delivers the goods. Peter Blake's booth at the Downtown Fair this weekend was a revelation to many of us in New York. Part of the reason is that this is the first time since he opened his Southern California gallery in 1993, he has participated in an art fair in New York. His gallery presents a coherent artistic and curatorial vision and his booth reinforces this by its meticulous and carefully calibrated installation. It is a breath of fresh air here in New York.

His booth features the work of both California and New York artists--including Don Voisine, 2014 Whitney Biennialist Matthew Deleget, John Zinsser, Jon Maarten Voskuil, Stephanie Bachiero, Matt McClune, Maria Elena Gonzalez, and Scot Heywood among others. And judging from the red dots all over the place at Blake's it seems as though collectors have embraced his vision.

Jon Maarten Voskuill

Scot Heywood

Stephanie Bachiero

I will be in Southern California in July and look forward to going down to see the gallery in Laguna Beach where judging from photos it is a spectacular exhibition space. http://www.peterblakegallery.com In the meantime, go check out the booth today and one hopes that Peter Blake's wonderful gallery will be back in NYC more frequently.  Hat tip to LA Gallerist Mat Gleason at Coagula Curatorial for recommending  Peter Blake. Mat's Coagaula Curatorial is here in town at both the Pulse and Downtown fair.

Don Voisine

PULSE NEW YORK May 8-11, 2014

PULSE NEW YORK MAY 8-11

The Metropolitan Pavilion

125 West 18th St. 

New York City

It's going to be a fun art weekend in New York with the Frieze and Pulse art fairs in town.
Look for my work at LA's hottest gallery, Mat Gleason's COAGULA CURATORIAL.

COAGULA CURATORIAL  GALLERY Booth C-5

Thursday 9am-8pm
Friday    11am-6pm
Saturday  11am-8pm
Sunday    11am-7pm
http://pulse-art.com/

Max Estenger RED WHITE BLACK (2014) mixed media 24x12"

BLUE WHITE GRAY YELLOW (2014)