Robert Fraser’s Morning/Homework Town brings together two distinct bodies of work: Morning, a group of three square-format paintings with a central motif evocative of a box, and Homework Town, a series of nine smaller rectangular works that feature band forms derived from the width of the masking tape habitually used by the artist. At first blush, the paintings seem easy to locate, to grasp. They...
What painting needs is hecklers, groupies, buffs, aficionados, nerds, family members and fans.—Justin Paton[1] I met Simon McIntyre some months ago, following a conversation event with artist Amber Wilson at Anna Miles Gallery. It was a short meeting, but I remember being struck by McIntyre’s liveliness and warmth, and the fact that he, like me, grew up in the household of a painter. A few days...