STEFAN KÜRTEN
Stefan Kürten's paintings expose the dogged attempt to make life perfect, at least on the surface. Stale bourgeois interiors, corporate lobbies and plazas, and suburban homes and yards recall the expectations and dreams embodied in the last four decades of economic progress in the Western world. Some of Kürten's imagery comes from books and magazines; other images are fabricated from his own snapshots of buildings and homes in Germany and America. The paintings shimmer with an interior radiance achieved through the artist's subtle use of metallic gold paint.
Stars, 2009
Falls, 2009
Isla Morada Blues, 2009
Out of Place, 2009
Tomorrow Never Knows, 2010
Power, Corruption and Lies, 2009
Borders, 2008
Velvet Illusions, 2009
Will you still love me tomorrow, 2009
