Looking at the current economic situation, the serious evaporation of the elaborate ornaments, the Wall Street economy created and the possibility of a new found appreciation of the simple things in life, David Stern made a ‘tongue in cheek’ selection of 100 simple things such as a glass of water, a table spoon, fork, hammer or a slice of bread, and drew them from observation as part of the larger concept.
Stern usually works on large canvases, loaded with heavy oil paint, he is a 'studio painter', working on his figure compositions mostly out of his imagination and memory. Even his drawings are normally large and often feature mixed media richness. This endeavor into something 'small and simple' is not limited to the motif, but is conceptual as well. Stern is using a no-frills ink drawing method, ‘a la prima’ with nothing else involved than a brush, paper, shellack ink and a bamboo quill. The drawings are unique, the motif is not repeated in another view.
Each drawing is 9 x 7 inches, ink on paper and comes in a simple black frame.
David Stern's one hundred simple things drawings can be purchased for $ 500 from
Messineo Art Projects / Wyman Contemporary
227 West 29th Street
4th Fl, NY, NY 10001
http://www.messineowyman.com
212.414.0827
contact: memessineo@aol.com
David Stern was born in Germany in 1956 and immigrated to New York in 1994. David Stern's work has been shown widely in the US and Europe. His works are included in numerous private and public collections among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Stern lives and works in New York City.
For more information on David Stern:
http://www.davidstern.us/CV.html
DAVID STERN
Selections From "One Hundred Simple Things"
Messineo Art Projects / Wyman Contemporary
May 14 until July 16
227 West 29th Street
4th Fl, NY, NY 10001
http://www.messineowyman.com
212.414.0827
New Works
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
Oct 24th - Dec 3rd 2009
http://www.galerie-brennecke.de
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