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MARK KURDZIEL
- Seoul Open Art Fair -
COEX HALL B (Booth G-33)
2010. 4. 22(Mon) ▶ 2010. 4. 26(Thu)
Coex, World Trade Center Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
T.02-6000-0114 | www.soaf.co.kr
Mark Kurdziel’s opulent figurative landscapes spring,if not from memory per se, from the idea or sensation of landscape as it filters through in the process of working. He describes himself as non-dogmatic in terms of subject metter; particular traditions are less important than the re-interpretation and re-invention of traditional sources. Kurdziel’s elaborate surfacesfloat bits of gemlike abatraction to the front plane of his canvases,challenging the viewer with the push and pull of recession and flat design, a richness that gives his work a physical tension. There is much improvisation in the artist’s methods. As he puts it,”I like finding the image and seeing where it goes.”This process of indirection, of Klimt’s glittering mosaic-like floating lozenges,and the Fauvist predilection for splotches of raw color can be detected in Kurdziel’spulsing surfaces. The artist enjoys building up his surfaces with rabbit skin glue and powdered pigment,making for a rough quality, which furthers the contradiction between flat abstract areas of color and more descriptive recessioan passaages.
Animals in Landscape, possibly inspired by recurring dreams or memories of trout fishing days, displays Kurdziel’s carefully orchestrated arena, wher the interplay of flat shapes offset deeper space, where a reiver runs blue, schematic trees sway,and a horse grazes. These are only cursory clues to subject, especially for an artist who feels that the real power of a painting is communicated in the non-specific. He talks of navigating his work to in-between states-of-mind, where movies, computers,and the dross of everyday visual overload do not compete. His goal: a spiritual projection of inner states. “What you feel is what you get.” Above all, Kurdziel believes in the pleasure of looking, that art must inveigle as well as probe.
MARK KURDZIEL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | 2010 Place and Pattern.Walter Wickiser Gallery.Inc., New York.NY | 2006 Recent paintings, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 2003 Recent Paintings, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 2002 Mark Kurdziel 1998-2002, Taman Batu Gallery, Westhamptom Beach, NY | 2001 One Man Show, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc.,New York, NY | 1999 Small Works and American Dreamscapes, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 1996 One Man Show, 17 Creations Gallery, New York, NY | 1992 New Talent, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, LA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | 2009 Gallery Artists Part VI, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 2008 Just the Figure, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 2005 Gallery Artists; Gallery Grand Opening Show, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | Gallery Artists Part II, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 2004 Romancing Nature, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 2002 Off the Wall, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ | 2000 Artist of the Third Millennium, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Inc., New York, NY | 1998 A look at Recent Figurative Painting: Nine Artists at Work, curated by Judd Tully The Museum at F.I.T., New York, NY | 1995 SOS, 420 West Broadway, New York, NY | 1994 Work in Progress Group Show, Gallery 20/20, New York, NY | Sunday by the Bay, Bellport, NY | 20th Anniversary Benefit, Artist Space, New York, NY | 1993 Love and Chaos, 11 First Street Gallery, Jersey City, NJ | Petrucci Gallery, 20Saugerties, NY | Primrose Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY | Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock, NY | The Salon of the Mating Spiders, Herron Test Site, NY | 1992 Juried Exhibition curated by Paul Georges, First Street Gallery, New York, NY | Hudson Cradle, St. Ana Cathedral, Jersey City, NJ | 5.1 Show, curated by Maranushi and Lederman, NY | Heart, 21 Luquer, NY | 1991 Artist of the 90’s, Stendahl Gallery New York, NY | Copper Gallery, Jersey City, NJ | On Tour, City Hall, Jersey City, NJ | Jazz and Art Festival, Jersey City, NJ | 101 Thompson Gallery, NY | Invitational, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY | 1998 Trans Ego, Minor Injury Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | 2004 Catalog; Romancing Nature, essay written by Jonathan Goodman | 2005 ARTnews review, Romancing Nature, Arlene McKanic, March | 2004 Spiritual Realms, Opilent Dreams: Fantasy and Vision in Contemporary Figuration, David Cleveland | 2001 The Recent paintings of Mark Kurdziel, Judd Tully | 1999 The Korai of Mark Kurdziel, Desmond Barry (The Author of the Chivalry of Crime and A Bloody Good Friday)
TEACHING EXPERIENCES | 1992 - Present Adjunct Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
EDUCATION | Fashion Institute of Technology, B.F.A., New York, NY
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