Thanks to this unusual collaboration, web cruisers can sample new exhibitions as soon as they open. Now, that's being connected. Shot with a trip light under the scaffolding of a building in New York's Times Square, these photos are stark and almost impossibly concentrated. The search for talismans of wisdom, then, continues to spark contemporary abstract painting. The poet and critic John Yau has authored the essay in the show's accompanying catalogue.
Objects made of silvery chains and translucent balls are gothic, sadomasochistic, religious.
As critic Michael Cohen points out, Kahlhamer's vibrant, swashbucking paintings of Western scenes combine the search for the sublime of Abstract Expressionism with a Native American visionary tradition. The American bald eagle sweeps through the paintings and may be a surrogate for the artist. A survey of Kahlhamer's works opens June 1 at the Aspen Art Museum. All rights reserved.