For some, a work of art in a museum or gallery can require substantial consideration. For others, a passing glance will do. One can choose to read into symbolism, coloration and more—or purely enjoy (or despise) any type of art for aesthetic reasons. For all the aforementioned, and everyone in between, acclaimed painter David Salle’s book “How to See” offers a helping hand. A series …
by Mason Riddle “Severed Hues”currently on view at Minneappolis’ Weinstein Galleryhas prompted a lot of people to reconsider color, abstraction and illusionistic space. To create his modestly scaled paintings, Ruben Nusz brandishes a brush loaded with saturated huesvivid and mutedto explore his idiosyncratic ideas of color theory. (In case the tromp loeil effects have, indeed, fooled your eyes; the mats and frames are pure paint.) …
