Rackstraw Downes’s Onsite Paintings
Klaus Ottmann, Phillips Collection Curator-at-Large, writes about Rackstraw Downes plein-air painting process on the occasion of the exhibition Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008.read more
View ArticleRackstraw Downes: Telling Stories
Bill Morris writes about painter Rackstraw Downes on the occasion of the exhibition Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008, a retrospective on view at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro,...
View ArticleRackstraw Downes: Revolutionary Perspective
Harry Swartz-Turfle writes about the unique dedication to looking at the core of Rackstraw Downes' painting practice: "... when you think about how much of modern and contemporary art relies on...
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Rackstraw Downes: On Painting
Rackstraw Downes, Water-Flow Monitoring Station on the Rio Grande Near Presidio, TX, Part 1) Facing South, The Guage Shelter, 1:30PM, 2002-03, Oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 42 inches (courtesy Betty...
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Rackstraw Downes: Interview
Rackstraw Downes, Under an Off-Ramp from the George Washington Bridge, 2011, oil on canvas, 26 x 56 inches (courtesy of Betty Cuningham Gallery) Jennifer Samet interviews painter Rackstraw Downes on...
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Rackstraw Downes @ Betty Cuningham
Rackstraw Downes, Sand Hills with Cell Tower, Presidio, TX, P.M., 2010, oil on canvas, 20 5/8 x 35 7/8 inches (© Rackstraw Downes, courtesy of the artist and Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York) Caleb...
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Rackstraw Downes: On the Masters of Landscape
Rackstraw Downes painting on site, video capture (courtesy of Art:21) In this video short, Rackstraw Downes discusses looking at old master paintings by Jacob van Ruysdael, J.M.W. Turner, John...
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From Life
Gideon Bok, The Brief but Epic Battle Between the Great Jones and Little Bermuda, 2007, oil on linen, 66 x 37 inches (courtesy of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects) John Yau reviews the exhibition From...
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Rackstraw Downes Paints West Texas
Rackstraw Downes in Presidio, Texas. Production still from the series Exclusive. (© Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Bob Elfstrom) An new video documents painter Rackstraw Downes painting on site...
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Rackstraw Downes: The Still Point
Rackstraw Downes, At the Confluence of Two Ditches Bordering a Field with Four Radio Towers, 1995, oil on canvas, 46 x 48 inches (courtesy of Betty Cuningham Gallery) John Haber reviews an exhibition...
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