James Kalm spends a lot of time thinking about the flow of art history, and how it relates to his “flow” through the various neighborhoods of New York. After some discussions during the Armory Show, it’s become apparent that the New York scene is experiencing some paradigm shifting changes. One of the areas of change is a sense that the New York's tradition of high abstraction was overdue for a resurgence. Your correspondent pastes together three current shows happening within a two-block radius in the supper trendy neighborhood of Tribeca, that might be a harbinger of more abstraction to come. Beginning at Ruttkowski;68 with “Stellen” a presentation by famed Berlin painter Daniel Weissbach which riffs on the late artist’s work in the subways of Berlin, viewers can continue on for a visit to London-based artist Lucienne O’Mara’s “Eternity In An Hour” at Nino Mier Gallery. Developing a grid-based format, O’Mara stacks spontaneous blocks of brushy color slathers forming luscious wall-like compositions. Crossing Broadway, we finally bop into Hasani Sahlehe’s “Song Ideas” his first show at CANADA. These deceptively simple paintings are poured and spread acrylic gel pieces that sing with a rich range of unmodulated pigment. This report was recorded September 14, and 19, 2024. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk