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The
Kantor Gallery is proud to present . . .
max eisenstein
people &
flowers
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“Gifted, ambitious and smart, Max
Eisenstein is one of a number of young painters seeking to restore
urgency to the act of painting. I am going to watch him and see
what happens.”
- Chuck Close, 2004
Fresh off a move from New York
City to Los Angeles, painter Max Eisenstein will debut his artwork
at the Kantor Gallery on October 23rd.
Eisenstein’s show, “people &
flowers” is his first exhibition anywhere, and has been much
anticipated following his spread in the October 2004 issue of W
Magazine. The show will include paintings and drawings executed both
in New York and since he has moved to Los Angeles.
Born and raised in Manhattan,
Eisenstein attended Stuyvesant High School before moving west to
study at Washington University in St. Louis. Upon receiving his BFA
in painting and BA in intellectual history, he spent six months in
Madrid before returning home to New York City. Over the next two
years, he worked as an artist assistant to both Chuck Close and
Cecily Brown.
Eisenstein then decided to take
what he had learned from his mentors and step out on his own. His
style combines formal drawing and painting techniques with his
background in graffiti. Engaging classical modes such as portraits
and flower painting allows his work the candor to be considered only
by what is present on the canvas.
“My paintings are about
developing my own logical framework, or rather a gloriously
illogical, irreconcilable, stupid, genius, derivative, original,
profoundly personal, awesomely fruitless pursuit that will sustain
me as long as I live. One in which I am my own champion, my most
malicious foe; the one willing to stab me in the back and then dress
my wounds. Ultimately there is no more or less of an explanation for
the root of the desire to paint than there is for the origin of
one’s breath; but whereas breathing is required for living, painting
is the luxury of being alive.”
Max Eisenstein will be exhibiting
his artwork at the Kantor Gallery with an opening reception on
Saturday October 23rd from 6:00 to 9:30 pm. Exhibit will run
through November 27th. For more information please call
323-933-6976. |
