Katharine Overgaard, Director, Analog Diary, 2024
“Laube’s intensely expressive works are rich in texture and tone and exemplify the artist’s intuitive, energetically-driven practice. Cues relating to the natural world abound — amalgams of voluminous paints, like specimens of vibrant natural growths, trimmed from her canvas palettes are collaged onto painted supports; and titular references to the moon, trees, sea, sun, and stars are frequent — but, most of all, Laube’s paintings describe the breadth of the human experience through their boundary-pushing expansiveness. In each work, Laube challenges the rote characteristics which have historically defined painted art works as Painting by engaging a broad range of mixed materials and subverting the supremacy of the picture plane. Throughout her diverse and generative approach, Laube impresses upon her viewers a feeling of wonderment and openness.”
Karen Wilkin reviews “11 Women of Spirit, Part 2,”
Zürcher Gallery, NYC 2023
Philip Mellen talks to Barbara Laube about her life and work.
Ahtcast, 2022
Anna Shukeylo on Barbara Laube: For Love of Painting and Rebirth
Apr 18, 2022
“The tiny but mighty works pack a powerful punch, but have a candy-like appeal. The shimmering echoes of gold leaf catch the eye from across the room, drawing one in to reveal complex brushwork.”
Artist Feature: All SHE Makes Magazine
Winter 2021
Largely self-taught, Ms. Laube has studied in Italy, France, and Germany. She also had the good fortune to study in New York with Joop Sanders, a founding member, along with Willem deKooning and Milton Resnick, of the American Abstract Expressionist group.
“Artists on Coping: Barbara Laube,”
Catherine Kirkpatrick, 2020
Carol Diamond reviews Barbara Laube: A Breath Away
The Painting Center, NYC 2019