David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008)
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David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008)
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David Stern's 65 paintings and drawings on view demonstrate shifts in form and content in his work since the artist moved to New York from Germany in 1995. His forceful and energetic canvases, covered in inches-thick layers of paint, convey the dizzying, exciting, and sometimes sinister experience of the modern metropolis. Stern has referred to himself as an “action painter,” echoing the artistic legacies of New York School painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. Yet his captivating human forms—by turns tragic, grotesque, and vulnerable—reach further back to histories of portraiture. The exhibition, organized by curator Karen Wilkin, will be on view from September 21, 2008 through February 8, 2009 at Yeshiva University Museum before embarking on a national tour through 2012.
Many of Stern’s New York paintings were executed in series, often simultaneously: Skypieces (1999-2001), Random Cycles (1997-2000) and Common Ground (1996-2000). These series examine the fantastic (dis)orientation of the New York streetscape: the staggering heights of the ubiquitous skyscrapers, the frenetic movement of people on sidewalks, and the rushing energy of the subway. After the attacks on 9/11, Stern focused his energy on one series that he titled The Gatherings, which reflect on the collective mourning of the city following that tragedy. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring an interview by Karen Wilkin and an essay by chief New York Sun art critic Lance Esplund.
David Stern was born in 1956 in Essen, Germany. He attended art school in both Dortmund (1975-79) and Düsseldorf (1980-82). He immigrated to New York in 1995, and has exhibited widely in the US and Germany since then. His work can be found in public and private collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The U.S. Embassy in Vienna, Dresdner Bank (Cologne, Germany), and the Arkansas Art Center (Little Rock).
The exhibition is under the patronage of the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Freitag.
It is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts.
When: September 21, 2008 – February 8, 2009
Hours: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11 am–5 pm
FREE Mondays @ YUM, 3:30-7:30 pm
Admission: $8 for Adults; $6 for seniors and students and children (ages 5 – 16)
Pictured is Bryant Park, 2008, oil on cotton, 58 x 75 inches
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Yeshiva University Museum
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