Max Cole (American, born )

Timeline

1937
Born in Hodgeman County, Kansas
1961
BA, Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays, Kansas
1964
MFA, University of Arizona, Arizona
Lives and works in the Sierra Madre foothills region in Northern California

Exhibitions

2014
'In Daylight' Small Paintings Including selected works by Eve Aschheim, Karen Baumeister, Anna Bogatin, Dove Bradshaw, Max Cole, Ruth Ann Fredenthal, Martha Groome, Kazimira Rachfal, and Merrill Wagner, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013
Max Cole: Salt Marsh, Pampas, Dog Star and Fourteen New Drawings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo)
2013
Max Cole | Frank Badur, Gruppenausstellung »System und Sinnlichkeit«, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
2012
…to the line, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin (cat.) (solo)
2012
Schraffuren des Ungreifbaren, Galerie Wenger (solo)
2012
horizontal, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn
2012
Beyond, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico (solo)
2011
That’s What Friends are For, Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg
2011
First Drawings from Somerset, Galerie Lindner, Wien (solo)
2011
The Splendor of Truth, the Beauty of Charity, Vatikanisches Museum für die Kunst der Moderne und der Gegenwart, Rom
2011
Papier / paper, kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn
2011
Terre Firma. Max Cole: New Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
2011
Max Cole. Quintessence over Time, kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn (cat.) (solo)
2011
American Art 1940 to the Present Day, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
2011
Zeichnung Wien, Galerie Lindner, Wien
2010
Light and Line, New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (solo)
2010
Paintings, Galerie Schlegl, Zürich (mit Jens Trimpin) (solo)
2010
Array [+] Prints, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009
To…A Changing Exhibition of Work by Gallery Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009
A Bit of America, Robert Barry, Max Cole, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, David Rabinowitch, James Reineking, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Phil Sims, Roy Thurston, Shawn Wallis, Jerry Zeniuk. Vaserely Museum, Budapest, Hungary (cat.)
2009
Konkrete Idol, Museum Liner, Appellzell
2009
Une Collection d’art Contemporain, Jeunet, Musée d’art et d’histoire, Ville de Neuchatel, Neuchatel
2009
Other Voices, Other Rooms, a cura di/curated by Steven Evans, Dorsky Gallery curatorial programs, Long Isld City, New York
2009
A bit of America, Galerie Lindner, Vienna
2008
Zur Kontingenz der Linie, Kunstraum Alexander Burkle, Freiburg
2008
Call it What you like, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg Bad
2008
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)
2008
There is Desire Left…. Knock Knock: 40 Years of Fine Arts from the Mondstudi Collection,n Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland. Traveled to Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbaden, Germany (cat.)
2008
Gestern War/Heute ist, Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany (cat.)
2007
Paintings from the Autumn . . . Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (cat.) (solo)
2007
The Panza Collection: An Experience of Light and Color, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York, (cat.)
2007
On redtail pond: paintings from the summer, Galerie Lindner, Vienna, Austria (solo)
2007
Maestri del ‘900: da Boccioni a Fontana. La collezione di un raffinato cultore dell’arte moderna, Mart, Rovereto, Italy
2006
Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland
2006
Touche, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
2006
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy (cat.) (solo)
2005
Nero Avorio, arte antica e contemporanea a confronto, Museum Casa Juara, Val Chava, Switzerland
2005
Minimalism and After IV, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2005
Je ne regrette rien, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
2005
Museum Chasa Jaura, Val Chava, Switzerland (solo)
2005
Edizione straordinaria, Le case d’Arte 1985/2005, Assab One, Milan, Italy
2005
La dolce Crisi – Fotografia Italiana Contemporanea, curated by Francesco Bonami, Villa Manin centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Udine, Italy
2004
Inaugural Exibition, Kunstraum AlexMuseum Chasa Jaura, Val Chava, Switzerland (solo)ander Burkle, Freiburg, Germany
2004
Paintings and Drawings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2004
Kolumba, Diozesanmuseum, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2004
Galerie Lindner, Vienna, Austria (solo)
2004
Toward Infinity, Galerie Schlegl, Zurich, Swiitzerland (solo)
2003
Galerie Michael Sturms, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
2003
Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Rovereto, Italy
2003
'Line', Hunsaker – Shlesinger, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Le stanze dell’arte, MART, Rovereto, Italy
2002
Walter Storms Galerie, München Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg, Germany (solo)
2002
Galerie Walter Storms, Munich, Germany (solo)
2002
Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg (with Jean Maboules) Aschaffenburg, Germany (cat.) (solo)
2001
Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2001
I-8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Island (solo)
2001
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2001
Figure Astratte, Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi, Rome, Italy (cat.)
2000
Galleria Belvedere, Milan, Italy (solo)
2000
Haus für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2000
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart / Studio la Città, Verona (with Julia Mangold) (solo)
2000
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy (solo)
2000
Art of the 80's and 90's, from Panza di Biumo Collection, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy (cat.)
1999
Morbida Quiete e la Notte, Studio La Citta, Verona (cat.)
1999
Galerie Lüdke, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1999
Galerie Schlegl, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
1999
Gudren Spielvogel Gallery and Edition, Munich, Germany (solo)
1998
Ad Infinitum, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Visions of Inner Space: The Action Mark in Contemporary American Painting, Wight Art Gallery, U.C.L.A.; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1998
Museum of Modern Art, Otterndorf, Germany (cat.) (solo)
1998
Intimate Abstractions, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1998
Reflections, Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland
1998
Drawing Exhibition, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
1997
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
1997
Obsession/Devotion, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
1997
MANIF 97, Manifestation d’Arte Nouveau International et Forum, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, catalogo/catalogue Forum, Santa Barbara
1996
“Painting,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo)
1996
Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1996
Stark Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1996
Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
1996
Einblick, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
1996
Concrete Reality and Reflection, Part II, Galerie Schlegl, Zürich
1996
La collezione Panza di Biumo: artisti degli anni ’80 e ’90, Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, catalogo con testi di/catalogue with essays by G. Belli, G. Panza di Biumo
1996
Acquiring Minds: Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara Collections, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA Karo Dame, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
1994
Pen and Ink, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1994
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
1994
Drawing Exhibition, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Recent Drawings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo)
1992
Kunstraum Kassel, Kassel, Germany (solo)
1992
Galerie Schoppmann, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo)
1992
Artists for Amnesty, Fondation Nationale des Arts, Psria, catalogo/catalogue
1991
Drawings, Proctor Art Center and the New York Studio School, New York, NY
1991
Paradox: the Artist’s Mind Through Time, Museum of Art, Museum of New Mexico, NM
1991
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
1991
Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1990
Recent Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo)
1989
Mind and Matter: New American Abstraction, Chosum IIibo Gallery, Seoul; Dowse Art Musem, Wellington; Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North Bishop Sutter Gallery; Manila Art Gallery, Manila; National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; National Museum Gallery, Singapore
1989
Abstract Painting, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Visions of Inner Space: The Action Mark in Contemporary American Painting, Wight Art Gallery, U.C.L.A.; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi Ad Infinitum, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988
Galerie Helene Grubair, Miami, Florida (solo)
1988
Visions of Inner Space: The Action Mark in Contemporary American Painting, Wight Art Gallery, U.C.L.A.; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India (cat.)
1987
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1987
Trends in Geometric Abstract Art, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, catalogo/catalogue
1987
Years of Passage, Fresno Art Center
1986
Oscarsson-Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1986
The Severe and the Romantic: Geometric Humanism in American Painting 1950-1980, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY Spirit Tracks, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, NY, catalogo/catalogue
1986
Absolutes Defined: Line, Light and Surface, Max Cole, Milton Resnick, Frederick Matys Thursz, Oscarsson-Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Abstract Painting Redefined, Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Munsun-Williams-Proctor Museum, Utica, New York, NY
1985
Danforth Museum, Framington; Bucknell University, Lewiston; Stonybrook Fine Arts Gallery, New York, catalogo/catalogue
1985
Exceptions 3 – Paperworks, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Santa Barbara Collects, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1984
Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, American and European, L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles
1984
Post-War American Purism, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York
1984
In Celebration of Women, Part II, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
1983
L. A. Louver, Los Angeles, California (solo)
1980
Seven Decades of Modern Art: Sidney Janis Collection, La Jolla Museum and Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1980
Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition, McCrory Collection, Albright-Knox Museum, Dallas Museum, La Jolla Museum, San Francisco Museum, Seattle Museum
1979
Aspects of Abstract, Crocker Museum, Sacramento
1979
Black and White are Colors, Galleries of the Clarement Colleges, California
1979
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1977
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1977
Less is more, Sidney Janis Gallery
1977
Thirty-Fifth Biannual, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
1976
New Abstract Painting, Los Angeles Country Museum of Art: con/with James Hayward, John M. Miller, Margarit Omar
1976
Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
1975
Biannual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1972
Comara Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
1971
Comara Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
1970
Comara Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo)
1963
261 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona (solo)

Literature

2013
“Meditation”, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo exhibition)
2013
“Shrine”, Kolumba Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Germany
2012
“Horizontal,” Gesellschaft fur Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
2012
“Paper,” kunstgaleriebonn, Bonn, Germany. Catalog
2012
“Staphorst: Drawing Now,” Hein Elferink Gallery, Netherlands
2012
“Beyond”, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM (solo exhibition)
2012
“To the Line….”, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin. Catalog (solo exhibition)
2012
“At the Edge of Meaning”, Galerie Wenger, Zurich, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
2011
Galerie Lindner, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
2011
“Quintessence: Max Cole over Time”, Kunstgalerie Bonn, Germany. Catalog (solo exhibition)
2011
“Terre Firma” Max Cole: New Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition) “Terre Firma” Max Cole: New Paintings, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
“Max Cole, Paintings”. Galerie Lindner, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
2011
“American Art 1940 to the Present Day,” Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2011
“The Splendor of Truth, the Beauty of Charity,” Vatican, Rome, Italy
2011
That’s What Friends are For,” 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany. (scheduled March, 2011)
2010
“Array [+] Prints”. Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010
“Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art,” Selections from the Permanent Collection, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2010
“Light and Line, New Paintings,” Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (solo exhibition)
2010
“Paintings,” Galerie Schlegl, Zurich, Switzerland. (with Jens Trimpin) (solo exhibition)
2009
“To…A Changing Exhibition of Work by Gallery Artists,” Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009
Other Voices, Other Rooms,” Max Cole, Marcia Haffif, Winston Roeth, David Simpson, Fred Sanback. Curated by Steven Evans. Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York (brochure)
2009
“A Bit of America,” Robert Barry, Max Cole, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, David Rabinowitch, James Reineking, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Phil Sims, Roy Thurston, Shawn Wallis, Jerry Zeniuk. Vaserely Museum, Budapest, Hungary (catalog)
2009
“A Bit of America,” Galerie Lindner, Vienna, Austria
2008
“Zur Kontingenz der Linie,” Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany
2008
“Gestern War/Heute ist,” Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany (catalog)
2008
“There is Desire Left…. Knock Knock: 40 Years of Fine Arts from the Mondstudi Collection,” Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland. Traveled to Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbaden, Germany (catalog)
2008
“Call it what you Like!”, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Denmark (catalog)
2008
“Fundamentals of Abstraction II: In memory of Kim Wauson,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
2008
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri (solo exhibition)
2007
“On Redtail Pond: Paintings from the Summer,” Galerie Lindner, Vienna, Austria. (with photo gravure portfolio) (solo exhibition)
2007
“Paintings from the Autumn . . . “ Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2007
“Maestri del ‘900: da Boccioni a Fontana. La collezione di un raffinato cultore dell’arte modern,” MART, Rovereto, Italy (catalog)
2007
“The Panza Collection: An Experience of Light and Color,” Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York, (catalog )
2007
“15 Jahre MKK,” 15 Year Jubilee from the permanent collection, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
2007
Whiteside, Amber. “ Max Cole and Candace Plummer Gaudiani at Haines Gallery,” Artweek, May Volume 38, Issue 4.
2006
Madesani, Angela. “Max Cole,” ArtForum, November 2006.
2006
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2006
“Director’s Choice,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006
“Touche,” Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
2006
“Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition,” Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland
2005
“Time and Measure,” Museum Chasa Jaura, Val Chava, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
2005
“Nero Avorio,” Art Antica e Contemporanea e Confronto, Crocisso in Avorio / Dippinti di Max Cole, Milan, Italy (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2005
“Three New York Artists,” Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland
2005
“ Director’s Choice: Contemporary Art with Objects from Asia,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005
“Minimalism and After,” Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
2005
“Ad Infinitum II: the Aesthetics of Repetition II,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005
“Je ne regrette rien,” Studio La Città, Verona, Italy
2004
Kolumba, Diozesanmeseum, Cologne, Germany (with small book of drawings) (solo exhibition)
2004
“Toward Infinity,” Galerie Schlegl, Zürich, Switzerland (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2004
Galerie Linder, Vienna, Austria (solo exhibition)
2004
“Paintings and Drawings,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2004
“On Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina (catalog)
2004
“Inaugural Exhibition,” Kunstraum Alexander Burkle, Freiburg, Germany
2003
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (solo exhibition)
2003
“Inaugural Exhibition, selections from the permanent collection,” Museum of Modern Art, Rovereto, Italy (catalog)
2003
“Works on Paper,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003
“Lines,” Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, California
2002
Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg (with Jean Maboules) Aschaffenburg, Germany (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2002
Galerie Walter Storms, Munich, Germany (solo exhibition)
2002
“Fifteen – 15th Anniversary Exhibition,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002
“La stanze dell’arte,” (curated by Gabriella Belli) MART, Rovereto, Italy
2002
Haus für Konstructive und Kondrete Kunst, Zürich, Switzerland (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2002
Galerie Belvedere, Milan, Italy (solo exhibition)
2002
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (solo exhibition)
2001
I-8 Galeria, Reyjavik, Iceland (solo exhibition)
2001
871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, California (solo exhibition)
2001
“Paintings,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo exhibition)
2001
Bonnetti, David. San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2001.
2001
Van Proyen, Mark. “Max Cole at Haines and 871 Fine Arts,” Art in America, November, p. 156. Bonnetti, David. “Max Cole at Haines,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 3, 2001.
2000
Harlow Tighe, Maike Sternberg, Max Cole, Edizioni Charta, Milano, 2000
2000
“Art of the 80's and 90's, from Panza di Biumo Collection, “American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy (catalog)
2000
Panza Collection, de Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, Fondo per L’Ambiento Italiano, Permanent, Collection, Varese, Italy (catalog)
2000
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy. Two-person exhibition with Julia Mangold
2000
Haus für Konstructive und Kondrete Kunst, Zürich, Switzerland (catalog) (solo exhibition)
2000
Galerie Belvedere, Milan, Italy (solo exhibition)
2000
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (solo exhibition)
2000
“Art of the 80's and 90's, from Panza di Biumo Collection, “American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy (catalog)
2000
Panza Collection, de Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, Fondo per L’Ambiento Italiano, Permanent, Collection, Varese, Italy (catalog)
2000
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy. Two-person exhibition with Julia Mangold
1999
Gudrun Spielvogel Gallery and Edition, Munich, Germany (solo exhibition)
1999
Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
1999
Galerie Ludke, Cologne, Germany (solo exhibition)
1999
“Radical Past,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California (catalog)
1999
“Invitational ’99,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, New York
1999
“Morbida Quiete e la Notte,” Studio La Citta, Verona (with catalog)
1999
Ermen, Reinhard. “The Power of Concentration: On the Paintings of Max Cole,” Kunstforum, March-April.
1999
Kraft, Martin. “Organic Orders,” review, Handelszeitung, May.
1998
“Reflections,” Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland
1998
“Drawing Exhibition,” Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany
1998
“Intimate Abstractions,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo exhibition)
1998
Museum of Modern Art, Otterndorf, Germany (catalog) (solo exhibition)
1997
Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (solo exhibition)
1997
Galerie Appel und Fertsch, Frankfurt, Germany (solo exhibition)
1997
Galerie Ludke, Cologne, Germany (solo exhibition)
1997
Ali Onur, The New York Artist, 'Neue Bildende Kunst', June 1997
1997
Reinhard Ermen, Die Macht der Konzentration: Zu den Bildern der Max Cole, 'Kunstforum', March-April 1997
1997
“Obsession + Devotion”, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996
Reinhard Ermen, Max Cole: Neue Bilder – New Mexico Paintings, 'Kunstforum', May-September 1996
1996
Reinhard Ermen, Freedom is the Twin Sister of Order: Reflections on the Drawings of Max Cole (catalogue of the show, Galerie Schlegl, Zurich) 1996
1996
“Painting,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo exhibition)
1996
Galerie Schlégl, Zürich, Switzerland (solo exhibition)
1996
Stark Gallery, New York, New York (solo exhibition)
1996
Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf, Germany
1995
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico (solo exhibition)
1995
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo exhibition)
1994
David Pagel, Hypnotic Dances, 'Los Angeles Times', 6 October 1994
1994
Mario Curajar, Drawn and Flattened, 'Vision', winter 1994
1994
Greene, David A., Art Issues, March-April.
1994
Knight, Christopher, “The Highs were High and the Lows were Low,” Los Angeles Times, January.
1994
Pagel, David, Los Angeles Times, August 4.
1994
Pagel, David, Los Angeles Times, November 18.
1993
David Pagel, 'Los Angeles Times', 18 November 1993
1993
Dan Cameron, Immaterial Evidence (catalogue of the show, Museum of Art, University of Arizona) 1993
1992
Melinda Wortz, New Editions, 'Art News', September 1992
1992
Magdalena Broska, Silences: a Series of Etchings by Max Cole (catalogue of the show, Museum Folkwang, Essen) 1992
1992
Kampmann, M. von, “Pulsierende Lineatur,” Soest Auszieger, April
1992
Schwarze, Dirk, “HNA Algemeine, “ Kassel, January 16.
1992
Stecker, Raimund, “Kassel/Essen: Max Cole,” Kunst Bulletin, Switzerland, April.
1991
Crockett, Tobey, “Painting the Town,” Venice Magazine, November.
1991
Kimura, Aya, Review, Nikkei Art Magazine, Japan, July.
1991
William Hemmerdinger, Max Cole, 'Art Scene', May 1991
1990
Raimund Stecker, You See What You See, But You Don’t Only See What Is (catalogue of the show, Galerie Schroeder, Münchengladbach) 1990
1990
Kimura, Aya, Nikkei Art Magazine, Japan, July.
1990
West Deutsche Zeitung, Monchengladbach, Germany, January 30.
1990
Rapko, John, “The Drama of Visibility: Max Cole at Haines Gallery,” Artweek, October.
1990
Rheinishe, Post, Monchengladbach, Germany, January 30.
1988
Ahlander, Leslie Judd, The Miami News, January 22.
1988
Allen, Lois, “Visions Exhibition: Inner-Experience Legacy,” The Oregonian, January 20.
1988
Cameron, Dan, “In the Realm of the Hyper Abstract”, Arts Magazine, February.
1988
Baker, Kenneth, San Francisco Chronicle, February 26.
1988
Curtis, Cathy, “The Expressive Gesture,” Los Angeles Magazine, January 16.
1988
“Visions of Inner Space,” The Statesman (India), March 12.
1988
Jelenfy. “Max Cole”, Rant, San Francisco, May.
1987
Dubin, Zan, “Exhibit of 'Just Let it Happen' Works,” Los Angeles Times, December 20.
1987
Thompson, Walter, “Max Cole at Zabriskie”, Art in America, November.
1987
Brensen, Michael, New York Times, August 28.
1986
Brensen, Michael, New York Times, April 25.
1986
Cameron, Dan, “In the Realm of the Hyper Abstract,” Arts Magazine, November.
1986
Mahoney, Robert, “Absolutes Defined”, Arts Magazine, November.
1985
Gleuck, Grace, “Abstract Painters Regain Old Charisma,” New York Times, March 8.
1985
Stapen, Nancy, “Taking a New Look at Abstract Painting”, Boston Herald, July 28.
1985
Westfall, Stephan, review, Art in America, January
1985
Lipson, Karen, “Big Abstractions Form a Varied Lot”, News Day, New York, December 27.
1984
Auer, James. “Looking at Art”, review. Milwaukee Journal, November 25.
1984
Westfall, Stephan, “Post-War American Purism”, Art Magazine, November.
1984
Zimmer, William, “Before and After Look from the Coast”, New York Times, October 30.
1980
Muchnic, Suzanne, Art Walk, Los Angeles Times, September 20.
1980
Mallinson, Constance, “Music for the Eyes”, Artweek, October 11.
1980
Muchnic, Suzanne, “Sidney Janis' Traveling Art Show,” Los Angeles Times, June 16, 1980