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Anton Kirchner - Represented by ARTROM Gallery
( United States, 1952 - present )
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Artist: Anton Kirchner ( United States, 1952 - present ) -
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Main Category: Photography
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Genres: Contemporary North American Art
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Biography: I find my recent work increasingly affected by the switch to digital tools. As with painting, I still start with a basic skeletal composition which soon takes on a life of it’s own during the execution. The direct effect of the digital tools makes it possible to wander orders-of-magnitude farther away from premeditated plans in relative ease and safety. The new capabilities afforded by these tools are predictably creating an explosion of new forms and expressive dynamics.
While I am occasionally involved with individual and collaborative efforts in ‘new media’, the format I am currently most interested in is the hybrid: applying digital tools to traditional 2d formats. On a physical level, this takes the form of digital printmaking using wide format printers. My images are all implemented using a computer and are realized as prints, either on archival paper, canvas or custom substrates such as linen. My goal is to render the surface afforded by traditional media.
Digital art, when rendered as a print, uses the same ink jet technology used to produce what are called giclee prints. The difference in the case of the digital artist is that the piece was not executed in some other medium first, then scanned and printed.
On a content level, digital tools allow me the freedom to explore and render images in many different modes concurrently. Color field, abstract, cubist, symbolism, impressionism, 20th century pop, 14th century isometric perspective, everything is readily available and fair game as ingredients for the cocktail.
I rely primarily on photographic components but occasionally augment the images using ‘natural media’ tools that model the characteristics of traditional mediums. While I take all of the photos I use myself, I do not consider myself a photographer, either technically or in any sense that the term might apply in the arts. Rather, I use photos more as a found object that I can manipulate for a specific presentation.
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Exhibition History: Anton Kirchner was born in 1952 in Hieldesheim Germany and grew up in Chicago where he began painting in 1966. Anton switched from oils and acrylics and now works totally in the digital domain using primarily Photoshop and Corel Painter. He produces monotypes and limited edition prints using a photo montage technique.
Online group exhibitions:
“2004 Symbolist International Art Exhibition” , dracoblu.com
May 2004 – May 2005 Finalist Jurors: Danzig, Degler, Speck, Wagoner
“Digital IV”, Period Gallery periodgallery.com
May 2004
“No Limits”, ARTROM Gallery, Rome Italy artrom.com
July 2004 Best of Show Award
“Color II”
Period Gallery periodgallery.com
August-September 2004 Special Recognition
“Digitally 2004”
ARTROM Gallery, Rome Italy artrom.com
August 2004 Finalist
“Landscape 2005”
Period Gallery periodgallery.com
April-May 2005 Juror: Sherri Lee Short Directors Recognition
“No Limits 2005”
ARTROM Gallery, Rome Italy artrom.com
July 2005 Finalist
Physical Group Exhibitions:
“Pareidolia”
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
Sept 1 – Sept 26 2004 Juror: Eleanor Antin
“Group II”
Studio Aiello, Denver Colorado
Sept 10 – Oct 15 2004 Juror: Kathy Andrews
“Self Portraits 2004”
Northwest Cultural Council, Barrington Illinois
Nov 1 – Dec 31 2004 Juror: William Thomas Chambers
“Oklahoma Centerfold”
Leslie Powel Gallery, Lawton Oklahoma
Nov 6 2004 – Feb 12 2005 Juror: Kristy Deetz
“True Fiction”
Foundry Art Centre, St Charles MO
Feb 4 to March 25 2005 Juror: Libby Reuter Group Award
“Boston Printmakers 2005 North American Print Biennial”
Boston University
Feb 13 to March 27 2005 Juror: Joann Moser
“Intolerance”
Print Council of New Jersey – Somerset, New Jersey
May 7 – July 27 Juror: Wendell T Brooks
“Quality”
Space Gallery, Denver Colorado
May 26 – July 9, 2005 Jurors: Cydney Payton, Robin Rule, Michael Burnett
“Cornucopia”
Hera Gallery,Wakefield RI
June 4 – July 9, 2005 Juror: Peter Sutton
“Halpert Biennial ‘05”
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
June 6 – Sept 16 2005 Juror: Mary Agnes Beach
“Sommerwende International”
Gallery 24 –Berlin, Germany
June 8 – July 5, 2005
“Chelsea Global Showcase 2005 Competition Exhibition”
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery - New York, NY
Aug 5 – Aug 26, 2005 Publishing Award
“Celebration”
K.D.Moore Gallery – Evergreen, Colorado
July 7 – July 28, 2005 Juror: Kimberly Moore
“Northern National Art Competition”
Nicolet Gallery - Rhinelander, WI
July 26 – September 9, 2005 Juror: Dana Saulnier
“Wild For Wildlife”
Columbian Park Zoo – Lafayette, IN
Sept 9th – Sept 2?,2005
“Old School, New School, No School”
J.T Fringe Festival – Jim Thorpe, PA
Sept 9th – Oct 9th, 2005
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Bibliography: Gallery Comment:
Tony is an artist with a great sense of what it takes to produce an image that lives and breathes. Juxtaposition is what he is about, and this, coupled with his curiosity, seems to be what drives him. He creates all the photographic image “raw material” himself, which are combined or montaged in elegantly seamless constructions which are read as a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. A great sensitivity and attention to detail in all facets of the process. Impeccable pieces, which exist as objects, curated to the maximum, and well worthy of ownership. Signed, numbered, limited editions make his work highly collectable.
Member of ARTROM Gallery GUILD- on-line portfolio:
http://www.artromgallery.com/guild_directory/g_anton_kirchner.htm
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