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Stuart Netsky: Beyond the Forest
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The Philadelphia Art Alliance is pleased to present an exhibition
of new paintings by Stuart Netsky. Stuart Netsky: Beyond the
Forest, on view in the PAA’s first floor from March 19
to May 5, premiers seven new oil, latex enamel and acrylic paintings
on linen, fabric, and vinyl by this highly regarded Philadelphia
native. Netsky’s bold new paintings are colorful, complex compositions
involving multiple layers of imagery that derive from still life,
the decorative arts, and abstraction. Netsky employs a variety of
techniques including stenciling and pouring as well as painterly
abstraction. The works reference movie titles that hold significance
for the artist. Netsky’s paintings are on view courtesy of
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia.
Of this new body of work, the artist says: "I have incorporated
increasing formal complexity in the work in order to test conventional
ideas of beauty in painting, and to arrive at a newer, more extreme
sense of what beauty can be."
Stuart Netsky was born, raised, and educated in Philadelphia and
continues to reside here. He holds a B.S. degree from Drexel University,
an M.A. from Philadelphia College of Art, and a MFA in sculpture
from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Currently Netsky
is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Philadelphia University, the University
of the Arts, and Drexel University. He has had solo exhibitions
at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (1993), Richard
Anderson Fine Arts, New York, NY (1999-2000), and at Larry Becker
Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (1995, 1999), and has been included
in numerous group exhibitions including the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and the San Francisco
Art Institute. He has also exhibited his work in Brazil and Great
Britain. His work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum
of Art, the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, the Johnson and
Johnson corporate collection as well as many private collections.
Stuart Netsky is a 1995 recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts.
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About the Art Alliance
Founded in 1915 by Christine Wetherill Stevenson,
the Art Alliance is the oldest multi-disciplinary cultural institution
in the United States. In addition to visual art exhibitions, the
Philadelphia Art Alliance also promotes literary and performing
arts programs throughout the season.
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