{"id":14922,"date":"2024-10-09T11:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=14922"},"modified":"2024-10-09T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:20:42","slug":"dike-blair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/dike-blair\/","title":{"rendered":"Dike Blair"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5883\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14922-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DikeBlair.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DikeBlair.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DikeBlair.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14969 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CF083413-Large.jpeg?resize=233%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CF083413-Large.jpeg?resize=769%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 769w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CF083413-Large.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CF083413-Large.jpeg?resize=768%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CF083413-Large.jpeg?resize=696%2C927&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CF083413-Large.jpeg?w=961&amp;ssl=1 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/karmakarma.org\/artists\/dike-blair\/\">Dike Blair<\/a> (b. 1952, New Castle, Pennsylvania) uses gouache, oil, his own photographs, and strategies appropriated from Postminimalist sculpture to create intimate tableaux that transform quotidian sights and materials into exercises in formalism. A writer and teacher as well as an artist, Blair came up in the downtown scene of 1970s New York among punk rockers and Postmodernists. In the early 1980s, against prevailing art world trends toward Neo-Expressionism, he began rendering scenes from his life in gouache on paper. These ongoing diaristic paintings are devoid of human figures but nonetheless evoke the specter of the artist whose daily life plays out at a remove across their finely-wrought surfaces. Blair lives in New York and Sullivan County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Blair\u2019s recent solo exhibitions include Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York (2024); Karma (Los Angeles, 2023, New York, 2022); Various Small Fires, Seoul (2020); The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2019); Linn Lu\u0308hn, Du\u0308sseldorf (2019); Secession, Vienna (2016); and Ju\u0308ergen Becker Gallery, Hamburg (2016). In 2022, Karma presented an exhibition of Blair\u2019s paintings of Gloucester alongside Edward Hopper\u2019s paintings of the same small Massachusetts city. Blair\u2019s work is featured in the collections of the Whitney Museum, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; The Morgan Library &amp; Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, among others. Blair\u2019s work is on view in Matinee: Dike Blair at Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York through October 27, 2024 and at Karma, New York through October 26, 2024.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14970\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017.jpeg?resize=696%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1202&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1603&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C545&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C836&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1503&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-017-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dike Blair, Untitled, 2024, Gouache, pencil and chalk on paper, 15 x 20 inches, 38.1 x 50.8 cm, 16 5\/8 x 21 5\/8 inches, 42.23 x 54.93 cm (framed), \u00a9 Dike Blair. Courtesy the artist and Karma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14971\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14971\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039.jpeg?resize=696%2C551&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C810&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C608&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1215&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1621&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C551&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C845&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1519&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-039-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dike Blair, Untitled, 2024, Gouache, pencil and chalk on paper, 15 x 20 inches, 38.10 x 50.80 cm, 16 5\/8 x 21 5\/8 inches, 42.23 x 54.93 cm (framed), \u00a9 Dike Blair. Courtesy the artist and Karma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14972\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14972\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050.jpeg?resize=696%2C910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=783%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1004&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=1175%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=1567%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1567w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C910&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C1396&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C2510&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?w=1958&amp;ssl=1 1958w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DB-24-050-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dike Blair, Untitled, 2024, Oil on aluminum panel, 28 1\/8 x 21 1\/8, 71.44 x 53.66 x 2.54 cm, 28 3\/4 x 21 3\/4 inches, 73.02 x 55.24 cm (framed), \u00a9 Dike Blair. Courtesy the artist and Karma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2024\/DikeBlair.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listDike Blair (b. 1952, New Castle, Pennsylvania) uses gouache, oil, his own photographs, and strategies appropriated from Postminimalist sculpture to create intimate tableaux that transform quotidian sights and materials into exercises in formalism. 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