"With the work of Robert Reitzfeld, the light bulb
goes on over the head of modern art. The metaphor connotes
that comic-book eureka: and compels the acknowledgement
that conks the modern noggin. Robert Reitzfeld is a master
of Abstract Pop."
– Andrew McDonnell, writer, critic,
curator
essay
by McDonnell
"...What Reitzfeld has done, however, is to
give us a sense of the human possibility within the
narrative of a tragic world, a tragic-comic world,
a world bent on the absurd. Yet, for Reitzfeld, it
is also a world full of the joys of quick humor and
a sustained reflection that raised the important questions
of why we are here and what we are doing for ourselves
as human beings to improve the quality of life on
this planet."
– Robert C. Morgan
Robert Reitzfeld
Asks: What Are We Doing?
by Robert C. Morgan
"Reitzfeld explores the relationship between
the accidental qualities of abstract painting and
the precise design aspects of cartoon illustration.
....Reitzfeld finds ways to keep his painting rich
with associations for both painting and popular culture."
– Robert Edelman, writer, critic, artist,
curator
"New York artist Robert Reitzfeld has a devoted cult
following, but his paintings are not nearly as well
known as they ought to be. ...The paintings show a
witty merger of Pop art idioms and post-painterly
abstraction, like a mutant blend of John Wesley, Michael
Bevilacqua and Gerhard Richter. In each of the exuberant
compositions, Reitzfeld offers a unique balance of
formalist elements and absurdist drama."
– from David Ebony's Top Ten @ Artnet
"Eleven Artists" curated/edited by Robert
Reitzfeld in NY Arts Magazine, Nov. 2002
Arts Magazine, Feb. 1991, Page 102 (Gretchen Faust)
The New Yorker, April 1, 1991, Page 13
Art in America, 1990 in review, Aug. 1991, Page 40
The Baer Faxt, Nov. 1995
Artnet.com, David Ebony’s Top Ten, March 2001
NY Arts Magazine. Vol.7 No.5 Page 59
NY Arts Magazine. Vol.7 No.12 Page 30 (Anke-Lina
Möller)
