February 1st, 2005 (Archive)
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Thank God we can all rest easy: Charles Saatchi has: �Proclaimed the Rebirth of Painting�, according to last Sunday�s New York Times. So it�s okay to paint again; gee thanks, Charles� But wait, is this not the very same Charles Saatchi who shipped over that memorable exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art a few years ago called Sensation (you remember that show, the one where then Mayor Rudy Guiliani, America�s Mayor for God sakes, inadvertently became this country�s greatest Performance Artist when he threatened to shutdown the museum because of the Virgin Mary painting created from elephant dung?).  This move to painting wouldn�t be strategic would it? It couldn�t be a move to bolster the prices on his collection, could it?

Speaking of painting (or lack of it) we have none to review in this column (got the Saatchi news too late, I�m afraid).  But we offer the paintings of Peter Acheson as our Artist Profile for this month.  He currently has a solo exhibition at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery (to February 5th).  It is a wonderful show full of very small yet enticing and engaging work.

From SoHo we offer the stunning photographs of Wayne Levin at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art.  But wait, are these really abstract images?  Who cares?  The work plays it both ways but the

Wayne Levin at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Arts

Masao Gozu at OK Harris Works of Art

imagery and forms are incredible no matter what your take.  We also made a trip to OK Harris to see an installation piece by Masao Gozu.  Two monumental pieces dominate the gallery space to function as both sculpture as well as installation.

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