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Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery presents: "Boundless", Opens March 24, 2016
Paintings by Kurt Oskar Weber (1938-2011)
JENNIFER PERLMUTTER GALLERY presents:
Kurt Oskar Weber (1938-2011)
“Boundless”
Co-curated by Katherine Cook
Exhibit Dates: March 24- April 23, 2016
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Reception on Thursday March 24, 7-9PM
Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Lafayette, CA, is pleased to present our featured artist for March, Kurt O. Weber (1938 – 2011). Co-curator, Katherine Cook, trustee of the late artist’s work, brings us original oils from a period of time when the Swiss born artist lived and painted in Emeryville, CA.
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Boundless is a reference to the artist’s creative nature and expression. Weber attacked his canvasses with bombastic gestures which reflected his own struggles. The demons of alcohol, failed love affairs and financial uncertainty were ever present companions. The only antidote to crippling depression was to paint. So, with a cigarette in one hand and a shot of tequila in the other, he feverishly painted until the mania exhausted him into a troubled sleep.
He traveled extensively and derived great inspiration spanning the open spaces of the American landscape to the acute angles of the Aztec temples. His early oil paintings are done partly in Europe and the United States. These works are characterized by greys with umber and blue intonations as well as from massive form constructions. Human forms made from tubes and steel cubes reference his themes of the human condition which has been devastated by monotonous work and debilitating environmental forces. On the other hand, landscapes are enhanced with light and color which seem to point to the direction of resurrection and life affirming beauty.
Co-Curator, Katherine Cook, is the founder of World Access to Art and the former executive director of San Francisco Open Studios. She is the author of published art criticism and reviews, including co-authoring a catalog with Dr. Peter Selz on the Chinese artist Gu Wenda.
Opening reception March 24th, 7-9PM. The exhibit will be open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, 11:00AM-5:00PM and by appointment through April 23rd. Check website for additional hours. Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, 3620 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549. Contact Jennifer Perlmutter at (925) 284-1485 or jp@jenniferperlmuttergallery.com
