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The article reviews the exhibition "Martín Ramírez," by the artist Martin Ramirez at the Milwaukee Art Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from October 6, 2007-January 6, 2008.

The article discusses the gathering of artists and activists at the lower Manhattan branch of James Cohan Gallery in New York City last October 15, 2017 to briefly occupy artist Omer Fast's room-size installation of things including two defective automated teller machines (ATMs), a bottled-drinks cooler and red paper lanterns. The meeting of Chinatown Art Brigade with the Chinatown Tenants Union of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities for the project "Here to Stay" is highlighted.

The article comments on two New York exhibitions that featured work of artist Nancy Spero. Three gouache-and-ink-on-paper works from Spero's original "War" series appeared in "Persistent Vestiges: Drawing from the American-Vietnam War" at the Drawing Center. Spero's "Cri du Coeur," a 160-feet-long printed-paper frieze was seen at Galerie Lelong.

Informs about the exhibition of art works by Poussin, at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

The article focuses on the exhibition "Material Intimacies" which reminded that personal intimacy, even the sort highlighted by the ongoing pandemic, is expressed materially—and shaped by social and historical forces. Topics include examines that Huong Ngô's Reap the Whirlwind comprises several serigraphs of Indochinese women, printed in virtually indecipherable fashion on high-gloss black paper.

Features an exhibition by visual artist Kiki Smith entitled "Kiki Smith: Prints, Books, & Things" held at the Museum of Modern Art in Queens, New York. Use of paper, special screens and multiples in conveying the artist's thoughts; Thematic organization of drawings and photographic engravings, Crudeness of expression in earlier works.

Comments on the traveling exhibit 'Dreams and Realities,' which featured artist Edwin Dickinson's paintings and works on paper. Dickinson's reputation as an artist; Subjects of Dickinson's work; Influences on Dickinson's work.

Comments on the art works of Caio Fonseca shown at the exhibition "Inventions: Recent Paintings by Caio Fonseca" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and at an art show at Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York City. Focus on mixed-medium canvases and gouaches on paper; Fonseca's creation of open-ended set of visual possibilities; Fonseca's painting techniques.

Highlights the "Behind Your Eye," a multitude exhibition presented at the Neuberger Museum in Purchase, New York. Number of boxed images of "Attracted to Light" series from 1996 to 2003 formed the core of the exhibition; Inclusion of handmade books, video projections, other prints and an enormous sliding screen of tree images in the show; Printing of images of trees by inkjet on gampi paper.

The article reviews an unnamed art exhibition that featured various paintings and works on paper by the contemporary artist Patricia Treib, held at the Wallspace gallery in New York City, in 2013.

Critiques the exhibition featuring the works of artist Carole Seborovski at Mitchell-Innes and Nash in New York City. Near-monochrome works on paper; Sizes of her paper collages; Description of the artist's notable works.

The article reviews an unnamed art exhibition that featured various paintings, sculptures and works on paper by the contemporary artist Squeak Carnwath, held at the Jane Lombard gallery in New York City in 2015.

The article reviews the exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Junko Yoda at the Zabriskie gallery, New York City, in June 2007.

The article informs about an art exhibition by artist Rainer Gross at exhibition center Axel Raben. You can brush, trowel, throw, squirt, drip or pour paint onto a canvas, or stain it with diluted medium. It has all been done. Gross makes paint adhere to the support in yet another way in order to arrive at compelling abstract compositions. Since the early '90s. this New York-based artist from Cologne, Germany, has experimented with monotype techniques, here adapting them to create the body of paintings that he displayed--together with six monotypes on paper--at Axel Raben (all 2004). Gross first covers his linen support, placed horizontally, with three layers of dry, white pigment mixed with water, and then continues to apply successive monochrome or polychrome layers of dry pigments mixed with water, allowing each sufficient time to dry.

Presents an exhibition of the paintings by artist, Gary Komarin at Peyron Wright in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mixed-medium works on canvas and paper with references to the paintings and imagistic lexicon of his influential teacher, Philip Guston; Profile on the artist and his influences; Themes and colors.

Presents an exhibition of the works of art by Max Ernest at Carosso, LLC in New York. Paintings, works on paper and sculptures from the mid-1920s through the 1950s; Emphasis on nature and imageries that first came to him in his childhood; Development of a distinctive imagery; Themes and colors.

Focuses on the abstract painting of Samia Halaby exhibited at the Skoto Gallery in New York City, New York. Inclusion of colored paper sculptures; Recall of the beauty of West Bank in the painting 'Olive Orchard in My Studio'; Abstraction with subtle references to the visible world.

Critiques the exhibition featuring drawings of artist Paul Noble at the Gorney Bravin & Lee in New York City. Popularity of his 'Doley,' an editioned board game based on collecting the dole; Showcasing of four monumental pencil-on-paper drawings; Overview on the artist's project `Nobson New Town.'

Highlights `Sky and Earth,' the exhibition of the works of artist Charles Olson at the Denise Bibro gallery in New York City. Acrylics on canvas and paper; Interest in the relationship between deity and unseen mortal; Volume and futuristic hues of the `Ex Voto' works; `Celestial River' as the most impacted of the series.

The article highlights an art exhibition of the works of veteran Viennese Actionist Otto Muehl, focusing on innovation and tradition, performance and behavior, art and dirt. Muehl's material actions mimicked its essential structure by applying a colorful variety of liquids and semi-liquids including food stuffs and bodily fluids to a different sort of canvas, typically a naked body of a young woman.

Evaluates an exhibition featuring the works of artist Don Van Vliet. Midum-sized oil paintings on canvas and drawings on paper; Subjects of his paintings and drawings; Heavy-handed approach to painting.

Reviews the exhibit of painter Al Loving at the June Kelly gallery. Collages of painted paper mounted on plexiglas.

In his fourth solo exhibition at 55 Mercer in New York City, Josh Dorman showed dozens of his strangely romantic, abstract landscapes. From 3 inches to nearly 4 feet wide, many of the works were paintings or collages, and many more were made with colored inks on antique maps or ledger paper. The topography of the maps is often an inspirational starting place for the artist's fantasies. Dorman's titles: Apparition, These Were My Toys, Some Candy Mountain, Beast-conjure up mystical and episodic encounters. Squiggles, stains and flying monsters coexist peaceably in these landscapes with Seussian contraptions, flying furniture and buildings, as well as anthropomorphic flora and storms. It is as if energies, objects and enigmatic creatures were all journeying together on a secret quest.

Evaluates an exhibition of artist Lynn Sures' cast-paper relief and paintings at Gallery K in Washington, D.C. Subjects of Sures' art; Notable art works included in the exhibit.

Critiques the exhibition, titled `Hippy,' featuring artworks in various medium by Mark Harris at the Trans Hudson gallery in New York. Description of the mural 'Sixty-eight, Sixty-nine'; Wall hanging that is an assemblage of painted-over paper cutouts; Artist's book, titled 'In Sight of Chaos by Mark Harris'.

Presents the exhibition, entitled 'Exchange and Transformation,' featuring paintings, sculptures, works on paper and applied-art objects, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California. Artists whose works are included in the exhibition; Museum itinerary.

Presents an exhibition featuring paintings and works on papers by Elmer Bischoff, a member of the Bay Area Figuration movement, at the Oakland Museum of California. Museum itinerary.

Presents the exhibition, entitled `Victor Brauner: Surrealist Eccentric,' featuring paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Romanian-born artist, Victor Brauner, at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas. Themes of his artworks; Show curators.

Presents a retrospective exhibition featuring paintings and works on paper by Yves Tanguy, a French Surrealist known for his biomorphic dreamscapes, at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas. Event organizer; Selection of collaborative Surrealist drawings of various artists in the exhibition, entitled `The Exquisite Corpse'.

Highlights painter David Best's exhibition at Susan Cummings in Mill Valley, California. Art works included in 'Paper Boxex,' an exhibition of dioramas; Description of some of Best's art works.

Focuses on the art works of Jean Lowe at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, California. Survey of the paintings, paper-mache sculptures and installations of Lowe; Use of vocabulary of opulence and excess to satirize human compulsion; Inclination of earlier works toward the didactic.

Highlights the exhibition of Kwang-Young Chun's series of paintings called `Aggregations' at the Kim Foster Gallery in New York City. Featuring of tactile mixed medium works; Tracing of a compositional pattern in the dense textures; Use of pieces of mulberry paper printed with Chinese ideograms.

Evaluates artist Daphne Confar's exhibition at pepper. Vintage appeal of her oil portraits on wood and paper; Surrealism concept of her portraits; Significance of her captionlike titles.