Taking on the idea of largeness with largess, Tom Sanford and Ryan Schneider put together Big Picture, a bad ass group show of 19 painters.  You can see it at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art until August 6th.  New York’s superhuman scale has a way of seeping into your system, and makes people think big.  Looking for the first time I said “it’s aggressive, but not threatening.”  Ryan came back with “threatening is good word.”  There’s a kernel of truth in every joke, and this show comes at you fast and aggressive.   You can go to a public discussion Monday July 12th from 6:30 to 8pm, the panelists include Kamrooz Aram, Lisa Sanditz, Tom Sanford, and Ryan Schneider,  it’s moderated by art critic and writer David Coggins.

Aaron Johnson in front of his painting, I dreamed I painted flowers all over your naked body, and in that dream I awoke from dreaming, my eyes opened to see the flowers rot, turning first putrid, then molten, then burst your flesh into flame

Tom Sanford, detail from Wall Street

Dan Heidkamp, Cold Coordinate

Ryan Schneider, detail from When I Go Missing

Jeremy Willis, detail from Curtains

Wes Lang, detail from Dare Me to Jump and I Will

Eddie Martinez, Defeater

Paul Brainard, The Flying Dutchman

Colleen Asper, The Trial

Kamrooz Aram, Untitled