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Class of 1968, On the Internet (Part 2 of 3): Marc SalzSOURCE: ART-Spirit.net"My recent paintings are narrative abstractions that consist of a central panel surrounded by various smaller panels. The central section may be seen as the main subject in a story from which various fragments or digressions emerge. These paintings may also be considered as a metaphor for the contemporary experience where we are surrounded daily by those many diversions that distract us from our main point of focus. Some pieces contain images of earth, water, fire and embryonic shapes that belong to an archaic world existing beneath this modern surface. Elements of both seriousness and humor are presented side by side in a gentle subversion of the modernist tradition. I begin a painting with a single shaped panel of Baltic birch plywood that has been reinforced by a one and a half inch thick wood support. This gives each section an object quality as if they were the tablets of the law." RESUME date of birth December 16, 1949. New York, NY education Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, 1976 University of the Arts, Philadelphia,1972, BFA Syracuse University, School of Art, 1970 awards Temple University Fellowship, 1976 gallery The More Gallery, 1630 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA one person exhibitions 2004- The More Gallery, 1630 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 2000- Design Arts Gallery, Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA 1996- Millersville Univ. of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA 1993- The More Gallery Inc. Philadelphia, PA 1989- New Paintings, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Phila., PA 1979- Philadelphia Art Alliance group exhibitions 2003- "The Old Fire Station Show", Chelmsford, United Kingdom 2002-"Pure", Eight Philadelphia Painters Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Phila., PA 2002-group show @ground zero, Artyama Gallery, New York, NY 2001- Nason-Williams Gallery, Taos, New Mexico 1998- "Intimate Illuminations", White Box Gallery, Phila. and NY 1993-"Eight Abstract Artists", American College, Bryn Mawr, PA 1991- "Deeton/Lefens/Salz", the More Gallery Inc. Phila. PA 1991-"The Next Show", The Gallery, Easton, PA 1990-"Artists Choose Artists", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (chosen by Warren Rohrer) 1990-Gallery Artists,The More Gallery Inc. Phila. PA 1990- "Five Philadelphia Painters", Millersville, PA 1989-Chicago International Art Exposition, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery 1988-"Perspectives from Pennsylvania", Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1988- "Meat-Art at the Broiling Point", Mcneil Gallery, Phila. PA 1987- "National Meat", Washington D.C., Chicago and Phila. 1987-"Abstract Art in City Hall", Philadelphia City Hall 1986- Momenta, Phila. PA 1985- Philadelphia Drawing Competition, Phila. Art Alliance 1981-"Opens Friday", Moore College of Art, Phila. PA 1979-"Salute to Creative Youth", New York, N.Y. 1975- The David Roberts Gallery, Phila. PA publications 1990-"Artists Choose Artists", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 1989- Chicago International Art Exposition, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery reviews "Abstract Paintings on Display at College", Victoria Donohoe, Phila Inquirer, 3/7/93, "Deeton/Lefens/Salz", Edward Sozanski, Phila Inquirer, 6/27/91: Salz's tools are geometry and color; his multipanel pictures look like aggregations of colored blocks. He emphasizes the 'constructed' aspect of his paintings; they're built of panels and studs, so they express themselves more as solid objects than most paintings. Salz's most interesting effect is the tug of war between the physical shapes of the component panels and the forms implied by the vivid blocks of color, which sometimes cross boundaries between panels. The eye struggles to reconcile the physical form of a painting and the assertive chromatic pattern that Salz has superimposed on it. This push-pull between hard edges and painted ones gives the paintings a dynamism that doesn't flag. "Marc Salz, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery", Tom Csarzar, The New Art Examiner, 10/89: Viewed separately, these paintings are static, blunt statements. But when seen together, the eye passes from one abstract narrative to the next, and like separate events in a story they augment each other. As in a Grimms Brothers tale, or the St. Anthony panels by the Master of Osservanza, they declare their points clearly and without artifice. Salz is not attempting abstract painting on the symphonic scope of Abstract Expressionism, nor in the Pop format of Neo-Geo. Rather, he creates simple but effective sonatas which do not waste either effort or space in telling their stories with a direct emotional charm. "Meat", Mcneil Gallery, Victoria Donohoe, Phila Inquirer, 1/16/88 "National Meat '87", Christine Vaillancourt, WHYY-FM, Phila, 1987 "Art Salon '81", Judith Stein, WHYY-FM, Phila, 1981 "Forget Picasso, Here's Bumland", Joseph O'Donnell, Electricity Magazine, Aug 7-13, 1980 "Bumland", Judith Stein, WHYY-FM, Phila, 1980 "Guerrilla Gallerizing", Peter Frank, The Village Voice, 5/7/79 FROM: http://www.art-spirit.net/frames/Hmarc.html |
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