Selected reviews from the February 2015 issue of ARTnews follow below. All of the reviews are available in the print edition of the magazine, which is on newsstands February 3.
Takashi Murakami, Reach out to Dark Matter, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 118⅛” x 118⅛”.
Melvin Edwards at Alexander Gray Associates, October 30 – December 13, by Andrew Russeth
Patrick Carrara and Inger Johanne Grytting at Muriel Guépin, October 10 – November 16, by Stefanie Waldek
Inka Essenhigh at Jacob Lewis, October 17 – November 15, by Carol Diehl
Julio Valdez at June Kelly, November 7 – December 9, by Stefanie Waldek
Trevor Paglen at Metro Pictures, October 25 – December 20, by Kim Levin
Rebecca Warren at Matthew Marks, September 13 – October 25, by Stephen Maine
James Castle, Untitled, n.d., found paper and soot, 4″ x 6½”.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D.C., GIFT OF JAMES CASTLE COLLECTION AND ARCHIVE, BOISE, IDAHO, AND MUSEUM PURCHASE THROUGH LUISITA L. AND FRANZ H. DENGHAUSEN ENDOWMENT