John Dubrow
Dubrow Is Highbrow
Lori Bookstein Fine Art
Unsentimental: John Dubrow’s Self Portrait (2007).
Drive—aesthetic drive—is rare in contemporary art. Commerce is the thing. And John Dubrow, whose paintings are at Lori Bookstein Fine Art, wants to sell his art as much as the next guy. But viewers will recognize that commerce is the last thing on Mr. Dubrow’s mind when he’s in the studio. His paintings are relentlessly independent, his drive is never in question and, boy, is it intimidating.
Initiative counts for bubkes if the results are lousy; drive can’t be the sole determinant of merit. Mr. read more »
Dubrow's Crisp Canvases Engage Tradition, City Life
There’s no epithet in the art world quite as damning or feared as “conservative.” Sounds dread read more »
Currently Hanging
Painter's Tough ChoicesPromote Harmonious VitalityFew artists ask as much of themselves as John Dubr read more »
