Grotesk, surreal, ironisch und apokalyptisch.
Die Ölgemälde von Caleb sind eine Klasse für sich.
Zwischen Popkultur und klassischer Kunst, malt der Künstler Monsterhaie, tauchende Tiger und Killerinsekten in ungewohnte bzw. grotesker Umgebung.
Es wirkt so, als ob die Haie aus der Explosion herausgeschleudert werden.
Moderne Ölgemälde können halt was.
Die Einflüsse der Internetkultur latent im Hintergrund.
Wie immer ein paar Fragen aus dem Atomlabor an den Wahl New Yorker Caleb Brown.
How old are you and how long have you been painting?
I'm 31 years old and have been painting for almost twenty years (and have been making art in some form for as long as I can remember).
Which idols do you have?
My work is influenced by work in many art forms (i.e. film, music, internet culture, etc.) but some of my idols in the field of painting include Rogier van der Weyden, Francis Bacon, Willem de Kooning, and Neo Rauch (a contemporary German artist actually).
What are your next plans?
I'm living and working in Brooklyn, NYC and I hope to continue living and making my work here for as long as I can (I love this city)
I'm currently working on a piece depicting giant river-otters roaming through an urban landscape. It's about the complicated and inevitable alienation and redefinition of the relationship between man and the natural world, I think it's coming along pretty well.
Do you know Germany ?
I've haven't been to Germany yet but I hope that I'm able to visit sometime soon.
In 1981 Caleb Brown was born in Washington State where he was raised and started drawing and painting at a very young age. Caleb attended the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with a studio art major. He continued his education at Boston University from which he was awarded a Master of Fine Arts in painting in 2007. Caleb currently lives and works in New York City.
Homepage: Caleb Brown
Die Gemälde werden mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Caleb hier im Blog präsentiert.
