a recommendation from a friend
My friend and art colleague Ryan, recently texted me the somewhat cryptic message: “Check out the paintings of Jordan Kantor.” Where had he come across these paintings? Why was I supposed to see them? An email cleared it up: Ryan has seen them at the exhibition Untitled (History Painting): Painting and Public Life in the 21st Century at the newly opened University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) in Ann Arbor. I still need to get over there to see them. In the meantime, we can take a look at why Ryan thought I should check them out:
Jordan Kantor Untitled (Challenger), 2007 Oil on canvas 70 x 60 inches
Jordan Kantor Untitled (Basel lens flare 6761), 2009 Oil on canvas 21 x 28 inches
Jordan Kantor Untitled (Basel lens flare 5727), 2009 Oil on canvas 21 x 28 inches
Jordan Kantor Installation view, 2009 Art Statements Art | 40 | Basel
Ryan and I discussed his text message to me. He thinks something in my new work resonates with Kantor’s work. What do you think?