Louis Stern Fine Arts is pleased to announce the opening of three solo exhibitions featuring the lost paper collages of Dan Abramson, painting and drawings by East Coast artist Michael Stolzer’s, and oils by Allen Hirsch.
Dan Abramson
In Dan Abramson’s “lost-paper” technique, only the inks are glued to the surface, the original papers are eliminated. This technique differs from other transfer print methods in that no solvents or print-making devices are used. Using a wide variety of source material from print media, the random color-to-paper transfers are freely manipulated. The resulting abstractions, bold and rich in texture, are made more enigmatic by the use of provacative imagery and text. The compositions precariously balance dark, heavy shapes against a background of fine ghost images. Abramson has previously exhibited at Louis Stern Fine Arts, as well as throughout California.
Michael Stolzer
Michael Stolzer’s landscapes glow with atmospheric intensity. His Heaven and Earth series expresses the vibrancy and vitality of nature. The works seem nearly abstract, so focused is the contrast of light and dark, and so dynamic their interaction. Stolzer says that these paintings “evolved from a series of drawings that began unintentionally and unexpectedly. Perhaps waking up and beginning to work at 4 AM, when the world was dark and silent, influenced the outcome. As I worked, dark and moody landscapes emerged. I was both surprised and relieved when I discovered one night during a routine drive to my studio in upstate NY, that I had in fact been seeing these landscapes for years, during years of driving, both at night and before dawn. Though I was not fully aware of the environment, apparently it had registered.” Stolzer has exhibited extensively in New York and throughout the country.
Allen Hirsch
The cityscapes of Allen Hirsch are really portraits of the city in its many different moods. His heavy impasto serves to imitate the dense and gritty texture of his adopted city of New York. We see the city at night, moist, and radiant with reflected streetlights, or at dawn, empty and cool, misty with blue light. Viewing these works, it comes as no suprise to discover that Hirsch is also an accomplished portraitist. His Inaugural portrait of President Clinton hangs at the National Portrait Gallery, and his has also been commissioned to produce many cover portraits for Time Magazine. The artist has received many honors, and has exhibited throughout the country.
The exhibitions open Saturday, April 17, 1999 and continues through the 29th of May. There will be an opening reception in conjunction with the other West Hollywood area galleries on Saturday evening, April 17 from 6:00PM until 9:00PM.