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Eduardo Secci is pleased to announce the inauguration of the first Italian solo show of Stanley Casselman, curated by David Anfam, which will take place on Thursday December 9, 2021 (from 16.00 to 20.00) in our Milan exhibition spaces (Via Bernardino Zenale, 3 ). The exhibition will be open until February 5, 2022.
For the occasion, Stanley Casselman presents a new body of works whose sumptuous surfaces support a sense of awe and wonder, as if they were themselves spiritual elements of our being. In this sense, the experiential and speculative sources that create the network of physical reality are often a powerful undercurrent of the artist’s paintings. Initially dedicated to sculpture, Casselman soon follows his natural inclination to painting, approaching it with a unique tactile quality. By balancing the contradictions of making art, randomness and control, technique and dexterity, the artist creates a dynamic pictorial space that exists right on the edge of order and disorder. The dialectical image proposed by the artist becomes a synthesis of the multiple, which does not eliminate contradictions but rather cultivates them for their creative potential. For the Milanese solo show, Casselman conceives large-scale works that unfold both in their material possibilities and both in the mystical contemplation that the viewer is required to have. This series of paintings creates a bright and seductive environment, where the bold colors and a strong plasticity pushes the viewer to situation of proximity interact with the imaginative generosity of the artist’s hand. We can refer to the evocative words of the artist himself: “we as human beings seek to control our physical world, but often fail to realize that we owe our very existence to countless evolutionary events governed by only the known and the not yet understood forces that have played out since the dawn of both space and time. Humanity is inseparable from nature and nature driven by evolution is inherently blind. It’s in this light that I choose to uncover new visual experiences that challenge us to consider our relationship to the universe we inhabit”
Eduardo Secci is pleased to announce the inauguration of the first Italian solo show of Stanley Casselman, curated by David Anfam, which will take place on Thursday December 9, 2021 (from 16.00 to 20.00) in our Milan exhibition spaces (Via Bernardino Zenale, 3 ). The exhibition will be open until February 5, 2022.
For the occasion, Stanley Casselman presents a new body of works whose sumptuous surfaces support a sense of awe and wonder, as if they were themselves spiritual elements of our being. In this sense, the experiential and speculative sources that create the network of physical reality are often a powerful undercurrent of the artist’s paintings. Initially dedicated to sculpture, Casselman soon follows his natural inclination to painting, approaching it with a unique tactile quality. By balancing the contradictions of making art, randomness and control, technique and dexterity, the artist creates a dynamic pictorial space that exists right on the edge of order and disorder. The dialectical image proposed by the artist becomes a synthesis of the multiple, which does not eliminate contradictions but rather cultivates them for their creative potential. For the Milanese solo show, Casselman conceives large-scale works that unfold both in their material possibilities and both in the mystical contemplation that the viewer is required to have. This series of paintings creates a bright and seductive environment, where the bold colors and a strong plasticity pushes the viewer to situation of proximity interact with the imaginative generosity of the artist’s hand. We can refer to the evocative words of the artist himself: “we as human beings seek to control our physical world, but often fail to realize that we owe our very existence to countless evolutionary events governed by only the known and the not yet understood forces that have played out since the dawn of both space and time. Humanity is inseparable from nature and nature driven by evolution is inherently blind. It’s in this light that I choose to uncover new visual experiences that challenge us to consider our relationship to the universe we inhabit”
Stanley Casselman, Untitled (white over black WB21R3), 2021Acrylic on polyester screen
152 x 190 cm
59 7/8 x 74 3/4 in
Stanley Casselman, Untitled Presence 9-30, 2020Acrylic on polyester screen
86 x 86 cm
33 7/8 x 33 7/8 in
Stanley Casselman, Untitled (white over purple WP21R7), 2020Acrylic on polyester screen
180 x 254 cm
70 7/8 x 100 in
Stanley Casselman, Untitled (Gray & White), 2021Acrylic on polyester screen
262 x 152 cm
103 1/8 x 59 7/8 in
Stanley Casselman, Untitled (hot pink over acqua PA21X9), 2021Acrylic on polyester screen
213 x 81 cm
83 7/8 x 31 7/8 in
Stanley Casselman, Untitled (yellow over pink&gray YPG21T), 2021Acrylic on polyester screen
206 x 183 cm
81 1/8 x 72 1/8 in
Stanley Casselman, Untitled (Orange and Blue) W Floor, 2020Acrylic on polyester screen
185 x 152 cm
72 7/8 x 59 7/8 in
Stanley Casselman is a New York based artist whose sumptuously calculated surfaces are motivated by a sense of awe and wonderment in the intangible spiritual elements of our being. The known and speculative forces that create the lattice of our physical reality are often an undercurrent within his paintings. Casselman is deeply committed to the notion that color, line and form have the ability to change cognizance. Baroque yet straight forward, his process reveals itself in a spectrum of layers exploring a range of emotions in an efficacious search for higher consciousness.
Casselman (born in Phoenix, AZ) received his Bachelor of Arts from Pitzer College, Claremont, CA. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries and museums including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY; Gazelli Art House, Baku, Azerbijan and London, UK; James White Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; and Brintz Galleries, Palm Beach, FL. His works are part of the collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; and Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, among others.
Stanley Casselman is a New York based artist whose sumptuously calculated surfaces are motivated by a sense of awe and wonderment in the intangible spiritual elements of our being. The known and speculative forces that create the lattice of our physical reality are often an undercurrent within his paintings. Casselman is deeply committed to the notion that color, line and form have the ability to change cognizance. Baroque yet straight forward, his process reveals itself in a spectrum of layers exploring a range of emotions in an efficacious search for higher consciousness.
Casselman (born in Phoenix, AZ) received his Bachelor of Arts from Pitzer College, Claremont, CA. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries and museums including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY; Gazelli Art House, Baku, Azerbijan and London, UK; James White Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; and Brintz Galleries, Palm Beach, FL. His works are part of the collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; and Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, among others.
- Claire Fontaine
