DAVID STERN
PAINTINGS
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Cover: Descent of the Flagellants, 2019, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 71x81 in. SOLD
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ANGELICA SEMMELBAUER / Art Advisor angelica@ellipsis-art.com
DAVID STERN
THOUGHTS ON PAINTINGS Painting transcends visual, emotional or spiritual experience into something tangible, which the observer can connect to beyond his/her capacity of reason. Painting is mystical, it can’t be explained, it has to be experienced. A painting is only a painting if its content and form are one. There is no dichotomy of ‘abstract’ and ‘figurative’, all painting is abstract, it does need an abstraction in order to make space in two dimensions. And all paintings make space. There is no such a thing than a ‘flat painting’. Painting is a discipline, the one who paints needs to acquire knowledge and practice for many years in order to master it. He needs to know who he is and he needs to find a way to express his unique view in his own original way, speaking the universal visual language. David Stern, NYC 2011
“The substance that artists move around, whether it is clay, bronze, or oil, has to come to life, or mimic life by shining, gleaming, catching the eye and ultimately living on its own. As in alchemy, it is not enough merely to bring life to the inert pigments: the painter also has to toy with death, to bring the paint close to the point of no return in order to make it more convincing in the end. In the alchemical phrase: it is necessary to kill in order to create. ” - James Elkins, Author of “What Painting Is”
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Root, 2010, oil on canvas, 55x48 in.
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The Sons of God, 2020, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 81x71 in.
The Sons of God, 2019, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 91x71 in. SOLD
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The Sons of God, 2019, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 81x71 in.
The Sons of God, 2020, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 81x71 in.
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Daughters of Man #1, 2020, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 64x52 in.
Daughters of Man #2, 2020, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 64x52 in.
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Daughters of Man #3, 2020, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 64x52 in. SOLD
Passing of the Flagellants #2, 2020, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 64x52 in.
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Self, 2019, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 28x24 in.
Self, 2019, acrylic and pigments on canvas, 28x24 in.
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What It Is, 2010, oil on canvas, 55x48 in.
Large Nude, 2012, oil on canvas, 63x51 in.
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Confusion, 2010, oil on canvas, 55x48 in.
Warrior, 2010, oil on canvas, 55x48 in.
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Affections #1, 2011-12, oil on canvas, 28x24 in.
Affections #2, 2011-12, oil on canvas, 28x24 in.
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La Douleur Exquise, 2011-12, oil on canvas, 60x43 in.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 David Stern: Five Paintings, Messineo Art Projects/Wyman Contemporary, New York, January 27 – March 13 2010 David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008) national traveling exhibition curated by Karen Wilkin, The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC, August 26-October 8, 2010 2009 Cold Cuts – The American Years, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, October 24- December 3, 2009 Selections from “One Hundred Simple Things,” Messineo Art Projects/Wyman Contemporary, New York, May 14 – July 16 2008-09 David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008), national traveling exhibition curated by Karen Wilkin, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, September 18, 2008-February 8, 2009 Alexander Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, October 30-November 28 2005-06 David Stern at The Starrett-Leihigh (project 1740), NYC presented by Claudia Carr, November 15-December 20 2004 David Stern: Braces and Shadows, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC, April 28-June 3 2002 David Stern: The Gatherings, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC, October 10-November 16 2001 David Stern: Common Ground, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC, April 25-May 26 2000 David Stern: Recent Paintings, Louis Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, April 27-June 3 1999 David Stern: Random Cycles, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC, October 12-November 13 David Stern: Recent Work, William Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, SC, September 2-25 1998 David Stern: New Paintings, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC, April 28-May 30 1997 David Stern, Galerie Joachim Blüher, Cologne, Germany 1996 David Stern: Skypieces and Portraits, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC, September 11-October 19 1995 David Stern: Drawings and Paintings, Synagogue for the Arts, NYC, May 10-June 11 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany 1994 David Stern, Kunstverein, Gütersloh, Germany, November 20 – December 11 Identity and Relationship: Recent Paintings by David Stern, National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC, December 15 - January David Stern: Bilder, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany, October 14 – November 19 David Stern: Malerei, Galerie X Sadie Bierl, Munich, Germany 1993 David Stern: Malerei, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany, January 23 – March 6 1992-93 David Stern: Tanulmányok egy útról (Study for a Way), Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, November 26, 1992 – January 7, 1993 David Stern: Malerei, Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, March 15 – April 26 1992 David Stern: Malerei, Galerie Welz, Salzburg, Austria, September 4 – September 29 David Stern: Paintings, Martin Ainscough Gallery, Liverpool, England, October 3 – November 2 23
ANGELICA SEMMELBAUER angelica@ellipsis-art.com
ELLIPSIS ART FOUNDER
ANGELICA SEMMELBAUER Angelica is a Private Art Advisor working with a variety of artists and consulting private clients. She is a member of the NYU Alumni Council and ArtTable, the leadership organization for professional women in the visual arts. 2005 - 2014 Director of Mimi Ferzt Gallery in New York City, which specialized in Russian Non-Conformist and Contemporary Art. Organized important curatorial exhibitions of prominent Russian artists, and successfully placed them in important private and public art collections around the world. 2004, NYU Masters Degree, Visual Arts Administration Published graduate thesis focused on building a sustainable global market for Russian Contemporary Art, tracing Russian art through its various historical movements, from Soviet era to the Russian Non-Conformist Movement, to discussion of today’s contemporary art in Russia. Catalog Design: Lisa Meta Griff, Metamorfize.com 24