A review of Maxine Chernoff's 'Without'
The cover photograph of Maxine Chernoff’s latest book of poems, Without, shows a scruffy western American landscape in the hallucinatory amber light of late afternoon. The black shadow of a porch cuts a geometric shape across the landscape, framing leafless trees and twisted stumps; in the distance lies a low hill covered in chaparral-like vegetation. The photograph, by Carolyn Guinzio, suggests a dry land lacking the moisture needed to sustain growth: it is a landscape without.
New York art walk
Richard Tuttle, Julio Galan, Donald Judd, Chaim Soutine
Soutine/Bacon, Helly Nahmad Gallery
be sure to check out the "virtual tour"
Two by Soutine (second is my detail):
Portrait of a Man with a Felt Hat, c. 1921–22