To Dream, to Collect
Reference
b1344b55
Year
2016
Medium
Sculpture
Size
15.3 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm
6.02 x 6 x 4.49 in
Artwork offered by
SILAS VON MORISSE GALLERY, New York
Medium: Gesso, enamel, encaustic, wood.
In his most recent works Goerk believes that the predominance of black & white as well as the subtle exchanges in surface and texture, are the byproducts of his experience of a new range of perceptions that were not available to him for sometime because he was affected by extreme cataracts. This new work gave him a keen new sense of sight. The renewed possibility in these seemingly simple contrasts and exchanges, has allowed him to interact in his world with a new sense of wonder --- providing him with an enhanced perspective, making everything new and amplified. Exchanges between white and black, collectively and separately,
take on a new radiance and presence, while revealing subtleties of character in each --- not seen or experienced since the beginnings of this recent body of objects and paintings.
David Goerk's work reveals an ongoing exploration of the object and pictorial attitudes—and keeps painting and sculpture in dynamic equilibrium. He has continued to work distinctively and independently in this way, keeping a magnetic and mysterious quality within each work and within bodies of work. He maintains, at the same time, a purposeful reflection of--–and upon—-history; and the masters of modern and contemporary art whom he reveres. Over the years, he has used encaustic wax as both painting medium, and a sculptural element. He both brushes on and casts the wax, sometimes within the same piece. The support is wood, with gesso, enamel, encaustic, oil, and the occasional inclusion of other mediums. Painting and sculpture are not trying to be defined here; rather, the impulse is to make an object unto itself, with its own powers. The idea of painting and the act of painting, as well as the variability of viewpoint afforded in most sculpture, seem to be sifting through and forward, with process itself remaining quite clear. In fact, clarity itself may be the subject.
About the Artist
1952 , United States
(American, born 1952, Elizabeth, New Jersey, lives and works in New York) David Goerk received a BFA from Philadelphia College of Art, (1975) and his MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington (1977). He has exhibited in the United States and Europe. His work is included in many public and private collections—-including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rutgers University, Edward Albee Collection, Arcadia University and the Panza di Biumo Collection (Italy). David Goerk's work reveals an ongoing exploration of the object and pictorial attitudes—and keeps painting and sculpture in dynamic equilibrium. He has continued to work distinctively and independently in this way, keeping a magnetic and mysterious quality within each work and within bodies of work. He maintains, at the same time, a purposeful reflection of--–and upon—-history; and the masters of modern and contemporary art whom he reveres. Over the years, he has used encaustic wax as both painting medium, and a sculptural element. He both brushes on and casts the wax, sometimes within the same piece. The support is wood, with gesso, enamel, encaustic, oil, and the occasional inclusion of other mediums. Painting and sculpture are not trying to be defined here; rather, the impulse is to make an object unto itself, with its own powers. The idea of painting and the act of painting, as well as the variability of viewpoint afforded in most sculpture, seem to be sifting through and forward, with process itself remaining quite clear. In fact, clarity itself may be the subject.
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SILAS VON MORISSE GALLERY (formerly ART 3 gallery) is a dynamic contemporary art gallery established in February 2014 by Silas von Morisse formerly of Haunch of Venison (Christie's NY). The international program at SILAS VON MORISSE gallery is multidisciplinary, conceptual and process oriented, showcasing established, mid-career and emerging artists. The ga...