Edward Shalala
Artist Statement:
i am an abstract painter.
abstract painting is self referential
the canvas and stretcher are the paintings subject and object.
i’m interested in dismantling the painting, antidisestablishmentarianism and infinity.
my paintings are made using raw canvas and raw canvas threads. canvas has inherent natural color,
no paint or painted metaphors are applied.
some of my works are created in public parks and private lands,
while some of the my paintings are made within the “box”.
the forms of the outdoor work are mostly made by wind and gravity.
the indoor work is formed by dismantling the canvas painting one thread at a time.
i record the experience of making the outdoor work in black and white.
these records are not photographs.
all of my paintings are in a temporary state.
some no longer exists after they are made and I record them.
Artist Biography:
i was born on may 30,1949 into a military family in cleveland, ohio and grew up on u.s. army bases (corps of engineers) all over the world.
i attended kent state university, the ohio state university and the university of wisconsin, madison (mfa, painting, 1976).i moved to new york city in 1977 and began working and exhibiting.
I have received grants from the american academy of arts and letters, the pollock-krasner foundation, the wynn newhouse foundation, the national academy museum, and the cleveland foundation.
my work is in the collections of the museum of modern art, the metropolitan museum of art, the whitney museum of american art, the brooklyn museum, the library of congress, the phillips collection, the chicago art institute, art in embassies, state department, the cleveland museum of art, texas tech university, davidson college, muhlenberg college, university of wisconsin, vanderbilt university, and yale university.
AAA:
Member Since: 1997
Previous Committees:
Exhibitions 1997–2007
