Stefan Smit

Exit

2020

“Destruction is a form of exploration for me because by not being too precious I’m able to tear away at the layers of my subject and gradually piece them back together, which is ...

"In times of chaos we sometimes lean a little too far in the opposite direction to try balance out the feelings of our own personal loss of control, which is what this piece represen...

ÄúAnother train, this time symbolizing the fleeting nature of existence, relationships and in this circumstance, encounters. I‚Äôve very rarely had chance interactions that stay with...

Safe Passage, 2021

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Joel D. Sager (b. 1980) is a contemporary American painter of landscapes, still-life and portraiture. Often drawing on such standard subject matter with economy and singularity— a solitary figure in a room or misplaced sock on a bed— the conceptual element of his work becomes a contemplation on meaning for even the simplest objects: person, place, or thing. Sager's process often involves a distinctive mixture of media, incorporating tar with oil pigments, or wallpaper with squid ink...

Artist Statement When I think about the conventions of painting -- a tradition I respect immensely -- I notice that my concern has always been with the interplay of light and struct...

Farhad Nikfam (b. 1987) is an Iranian painter raised at the crossroads of post-soviet, south Caucasian and Persian cultures yet influenced by a romanticized image of western world of...