118. STEFAN KÜRTEN
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Ultramarine
II
2004 Oil on Canvas 120 x 150cm |
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The Handsome Family 2004 Oil on Canvas 190 x 270cm |
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Silence
2001 Oil on Canvas 188 x 267cm |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In1963, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nowadays:
Lives and Works in NY
Studies:
1982-83 Studied
Philosophy and English at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
1983-89 M.A., Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1989-90 Art Institute, San Francisco
1992-94 Taught at the Art Institute, San Francisco
2002-03 Taught at the Hochschule für Künste, Bremen
2006 Taught at the Art Institute, San Francisco
2010 Taught at the Bauhaus University, Weimar
2012 Guest professor at the School of Art and Design,
Alfred University, New York
Themes and
style:
Kürten
creates layered, intricately detailed depictions of architecture, landscapes,
and domestic interiors. Typically devoid of overt depictions of figures, human
presence is indirectly referenced through the portrayal of the familiar spaces
of everyday life. Kürten often incorporates decorative motifs drawn from
wallpaper or textiles, resulting in works that are simultaneously realistic
depictions of the mundane and formalist experiments of line and pattern.
Techniques:
His work
is developed in paintings. He is also musician.
Exhibitions
Stefan Kürten's work has been exhibited extensively since
1984 at institutions such as Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf; University Art
Museum, Berkeley, California; Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin and Alexander and
Bonin, New York. Kürten’s paintings are in the permanent collections of several
European and American institutions including Kunstmuseen Krefeld, The Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art. New work will be
exhibited in The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory in March 2016.
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Representative
Galleries:
Saatchi
Alexander and
Bonin
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more Information: