Corey Postiglione
Artist Statement:
I continue to explore new formal visual strategies that emphasize dynamic interwoven curved forms that reference both the geometric and the organic, signifying for me both intersectionality and interdependence. In recent years I have incorporated the oval and circle shapes into the Rondel series. To follow this last example, I have used the circle specifically in many different configurations. The circle has a great capacity for formal invention, but more importantly it contains a metaphoric range of meaning. The recent Kaleidoscope series, (2024-25), is probably the clearest visual metaphor for the complexity and chaos of the world today. Finally, and simply put, I am attempting to make abstraction metaphoric, standing in symbolically for our relationship with the larger world. The work continues to explore different visual possibilities in this vein.
Artist Biography:
Since the 1970s Corey has exhibited professionally with over twenty solo exhibitions and numerous group shows, both nationally and internationally. He holds a BFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Masters Dergree in Art History and Critical Theory from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to his career as a practicing artist, his critical writing has been published in Artforum, The New Art Examiner, Dialogue, and C-Magazine (Toronto). He has curated numerous exhibitions, and essays for many exhibition catalogues. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art and Art History at Columbia College Chicago, where he taught Art History and Critical Theory as well as studio arts. Currently, the artist is represented by the following galleries: Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Westbrook Modern, Carmel CA. More of his work can be seen on his website, coreypostiglione.com, and also on his Wikipedia page.
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Member Since: 2000
