Doppelganger
dal 9/9/2005 al 9/10/2005
Segnalato da
9/9/2005
Doppelganger
McCaig-Welles Gallery, New York
David Hochbaum and David Stoupakis. This exhibition will showcase the works of both artists as well as one collaborative piece which the artists created for this show. Although very different in approach and technique, their works play off one another as if siblings who finish each other's sentences.
Doppelganger
The McCaig-Welles Gallery is pleased to present an
exhibition of works by David Hochbaum and David
Stoupakis. The exhibition will open with a reception
on Saturday, September 10th from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
This exhibition will showcase the works of both
artists as well as one collaborative piece which the
artists created for this show. Although very
different in approach and technique, David and
David's works play off one another as if siblings
who finish each other's sentences. Both artists are
creating an
individual atmosphere to transport the viewer into
the artist's metaphorical visions of landscape and
flesh.
Intensely personal, yet drawing from the depths of
the collective unconscious, New York-based painter
David Hochbaum's recent works suggest pages torn
from an illuminated manuscript, one that details the
stages of grief.
Hochbaum combines photography, silk screens, acetate
transfers and traditional painting techniques to
create wildly mythopoeic images--a young woman
riding a monster fish, a horse-headed man
contemplating the gift of fire, a wild boar so huge
it threatens to trample a house into the dust--that
tell a story of departure, longing, and sorrow. All
the characters in his work are messengers, and their
message is both hard and beautiful: loss is a
crucible that purifies the soul.
Extraordinary souls are stimulating stories in the
minds that look on the paintings of David Stoupakis.
This self-taught New York artist paints alive and
brimming worlds that have a place in this life on
their own terms. Yet, one can almost get that
renaissance feel as if his works have existed for
centuries this way. Much of the artwork has been
inspired by strong and damaged children who demand
answers to the questions no one hears. Many hidden
questions and answers are all around in David’s
paintings. While the true meanings are personal to
the artist himself, the results are on
display for all realities to view and
solve the
puzzle for themselves.
Opening Reception: Saturday September 10, 2005 7-10pm
McCaig-Welles Gallery
129 Roebling Street - Brooklyn, NY 11211