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"Distraction" |
Joseph Beuys is one of the most legendary figures of twentieth century art; his work and ideas continue to impact on artists today. An enigmatic, self-styled 'shaman' who embraced radically democratic artistic and political ideas, he has attained almost mythical status. - Claudia Mensch DLC FIne Art is honored to announce "Distraction," a two-man show featuring the works of German born artist Joseph Beuys and internationally recognized Floridian artist David Kastner, who in addition to his life as an artist, he is involved in the organization of international art exhibitions and loans art from his collection to a variety of institutions. Joseph Beuys' unconventional style challenged prevailing idea with his use of odd materials, his performances and installations. Beuys taught us through his life's work that participation in art is the moment when we become one with the conscious intention and expression of the artist. It is this moment of communication between the art itself and the viewer when the art comes alive, acting as a communication device carrying the message of the artist to the participant, transforming the conscious patterns of the viewer. Kastner's body of work results from the study of light, color, and perception, and the artist has attempted to capture that ephemeral moment when color expresses itself as a thing of mystery, something ineffable. Although the language of light and color can be described with words, that language is best understood through participation with the art. "Beuys was radically inventive," said Kastner. "He transformed the way we think about sculpture and art in general." Every artist has a body of teachers and fellow artists who influence their work. Goethe and Leonardo da Vinci were two central figures in Beuys studies, whereas Beuys is one of Kastner's greatest artistic influences. DLC Fine Art pairs Beuys and Kastner to showcase an unspoken dialogue between two of the most important artists of the twentieth century show, who both focus on the interchange between art and life. |
Steven Krueger "The Waiting Place"
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DLC Fine Art is pleased to present "The Waiting Place," a new exhibition of paintings by the New Jersey-born and Argentina-based artist Steven Krueger. Having spent the last three decades traveling and living abroad, Krueger's art is multicultural in scope, representing a polyphonic chorus of international sensibilities that have become manifest across his work in a variety of mediums.
Largely self-taught, he briefly studied painting at the ICS School of ART in Pennsylvania and the Art League of Alexandria Virginia. Krueger's interest in painting piqued during visits to Austrian museums while living in Vienna in 1997, and he found himself drawn to masterpieces where traces of the artist's painting process remained visible. He began painting a year later and has continued to produce works at a prolific pace throughout subsequent moves to Guatemala, Finland, Washington D.C., India, and Argentina. In his catalogue essay on the artist, critic Andrew Beckman places Krueger's art within an aesthetic space influenced by "peripatetic globalism." His works are not preconceived mandates of a single expression; but rather, passionate debates that pivot around the universal qualities of human existence. Rife with allusions to Abstract Expressionism, Art Brut, Cubism, and Fauvism, his paintings neither quote nor overturn previous styles but rather funnel their energies into his own translation of human sentiments. Krueger views art as "the skill to be able to document one's emotions" and emphasizes his desire to elicit an emotional response from viewers. The cycle of artistic creation cannot be completed until spectators have internalized and grappled with the personal testimony layered throughout his work. Steven Krueger's works will be on display at DLC Fine Art and the Tribeca Hilton Garden Inn throughout the month of August. |
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