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| Mark Wiener |
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August 24, 1951
Manhasset, NY
(Artist Statement)
�Sharks & Angels...�
The brush touches the canvas.
A gesture with body and brush, becomes a stroke.
The stroke leaves a mark on the canvas.
You respond, and that response is the gesture
that started with a touch.
In 1945, Marsh painted the beach at Coney Island. His narrative line, running through the piles of people, touched the culture of his New York. In 2006 the narrative line of our urban landscape is graffiti, and it touches our language as well. From these lines, these movements, past and present, my new strokes and colors were born.
Note: Sharks & Angels are the voices I hear when I create,
they are my balances. The touch of my brush, the act of my
gesture, and the mark on the canvas are all echoes of the voices
of my Sharks and Angels.
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| About the Artist |
Mark Wiener (b. New York City, 1951) is an abstract painter who studied under Bauhaus influences at Philadelphia College of Art, where he focused on painting and photography. Driven by visionaries Alexi Brodivitch, Frank Zachry and Alexander Lieberman, he developed an open mind toward working in simultaneously in several disciplines.
Devoting his first years to photography, Wiener, based upon observations of Irving Penn’s process, he conceived of an approach to painting he calls, “the white surface” - an acting out of a “visual story” during the creation of the work - which became and remains a driving force, alongside the Bauhaus ideal of the underlying structure in concert with natural spontaneity. In Wiener’s latest works it is manifest as his organic gesture of throwing, dripping and pouring paint, orchestrated between drawing and painting layers of geometric objects
Based in Manhattan, Mark Wiener has exhibited in Los Angeles, London, Paris, Milan and Tokyo, and regularly in New York City - currently in a group show at Adam Baumgold Gallery. His work appears in numerous private and corporate collections worldwide and the permanent collection of the Housatonic Museum of Art. Honors include participation in the Felissimo Tribute 21 program benefiting UNESCO, commissions from the WFUNA and Croix de Croix de Chevalier de’orde Belgo Hispanique under the patronage of Queen Fabiola of Belgium. |
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cross narrative -
2008 acrylic and sumi ink on vellum 45 |
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Now taking the sensibilities of structure and turning them inside out.
The gesture that is always free and spontaneous has become the backbone of my work acting like a hard grid, playing with symmetrical forms that I pour, drip or spatter - my surface the "grids" now add that spontaneity always found in the freedom of action painting... continue
excerpt from diary
Place: Walking on Park Avenue
Date: 07.03.08 - Time: 01:29 pm
Event: Walking and thinking of what to say.
mark wiener © 2008
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cross narrative - "counterpoint"
2008 acrylic and sumi ink on vellum 45" x 36 " |
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This is all about communicating a different way for me , eliminating color, the filtering of distractions and maximizing the surface so as to look closer at what I have always taken for granted. What lies in the shadows..." |
homage two
2008 Acrylic, Graphite and Sumi Ink on canvas 30 |
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Now taking the sensibilities of structure and turning them inside out.
The gesture that is always free and spontaneous has become the backbone of my work acting like a hard grid, playing with symmetrical forms that I pour, drip or spatter - my surface the "grids" now add that spontaneity always found in the freedom of action painting... continue
excerpt from diary
Place: Walking on Park Avenue
Date: 07.03.08 - Time: 01:29 pm
Event: Walking and thinking of what to say.
mark wiener © 2008
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cross narrative - "eleven b"
2008 acrylic and sumi ink on wood panel 23.75" x 31.75" |
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This is all about communicating a different way for me , eliminating color, the filtering of distractions and maximizing the surface so as to look closer at what I have always taken for granted. What lies in the shadows..."
.... continue
Place: Walking on Park Avenue
Date: 07.03.08 - Time: 01:29 pm
Event: Walking and thinking of what to say.
excerpt from diary
mark wiener © 2008 |
cross narrative - spiral
2008 acrylic and sumi ink on vellum 45" x 36 " |
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Now taking the sensibilities of structure and turning them inside out.
The gesture that is always free and spontaneous has become the backbone of my work acting like a hard grid, playing with symmetrical forms that I pour, drip or spatter - my surface the "grids" now add that spontaneity always found in the freedom of action painting... continue
excerpt from diary
Place: Walking on Park Avenue
Date: 07.03.08 - Time: 01:29 pm
Event: Walking and thinking of what to say.
mark wiener © 2008
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cross narrative - fly
2008 acrylic and sumi ink on vellum 45" x 36 " |
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Now taking the sensibilities of structure and turning them inside out.
The gesture that is always free and spontaneous has become the backbone of my work acting like a hard grid, playing with symmetrical forms that I pour, drip or spatter - my surface the "grids" now add that spontaneity always found in the freedom of action painting... continue
excerpt from diary
Place: Walking on Park Avenue
Date: 07.03.08 - Time: 01:29 pm
Event: Walking and thinking of what to say.
mark wiener © 2008
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homage
2008 Acrylic, Graphite and Sumi Ink on canvas2008 40"x40" |
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"This is all about communicating a different way for me , eliminating color, the filtering of distractions and maximizing the surface so as to look closer at what I have always taken for granted. What lies in the shadows..."
.... continue
Place: Walking on Park Avenue
Date: 07.03.08 - Time: 01:29 pm
Event: Walking and thinking of what to say.
excerpt from diary
mark wiener © 2008
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cross narrative - "the other side fly VI"
2008 acrylic and sumi ink on wood panel 24"x24 |
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"This is all about communicating a different way for me , eliminating color, the filtering of distractions and maximizing the surface so as to look closer at what I have always taken for granted. What lies in the shadows..."
.... continue
Place: Walking on Park Avenue
Date: 07.03.08 - Time: 01:29 pm
Event: Walking and thinking of what to say.
excerpt from diary
mark wiener © 2008
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2009 acrylic and sumi ink on arches paper 30" x 48" |
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crossed narrative - steam part II
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cross narrative - "left"
2008 acrylic and sumi ink on vell 11" x 8 " |
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Crossed Narrative "Under Two Sides"
2009 Mixed Media on Lucite 64"x75" |
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crossing narratives - back
2009 acrylic and sumi ink on canvas 40" x 40 " |
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| Education and biography |
Exhibitions / Art Fairs / Events
• Danese , ” Works on Paper - Jan - 2010
• “Sideshow, ”Sideshow’s 10th annual event" - Jan . 2 010
• “Bjorn Ressle Art Projects, ”W i n t e r S a l o n o n" - Jan - 2 0 10
• High Line Preview Exhibition - Rogue Space - Oct. 09
• "SLOW NEWS INTERNATIONAL" at the ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu, HI - Sept 3, 09
• RELIGAREi art center in New Delhi - August 28th 2009
• Chelsea Art Musuem - "Four Artists in Concert"- Installation - July 2009
• "Black Madonna" HP Garcia Gallery - May 15 2009 - Aug. 1 2009
• Crossing Narratives - returned - Partnering with Moleskine
• New Lobby of The Former New York Times Building, NYC, NY - designed by Andrés Escobar Designs of Quebec/NewYork. -
currated by United Creators - Video exhibition - March, 09
• The Chelsea Art Museum, Music and Art - Jan. 2009
• Panman Gallery at he lab Gallery, Instalation of ” Art Interactive with Mark Wiener & Etienne Charles - D e c . 2 0 0 8
• Panman Gallery , ” Art Interactive with Mark Wiener & Etienne Charles - D e c . 2 0 0 8
• “B j o r n R e s s l e G a l l e r y , ” W i n t e r S a l o n o n P a p e r - D e c . 2 0 0 8
• “ D e C o r a z o n G a l l e r y ” , B r i d g e A r t F a i r M i a m i - D e c . 2 0 0 8
• “ A c c o r s i A r t s ” , A r t 2 0 - N Y, N Y - N o v. 2 0 0 8
•“ D e C o r a z o n G a l l e r y ” , R e d D o t A r t F a i r, L o n d o n . O c t , 2 0 0 8
•“ F i l m A r t F u n c t i o n ” G a l a p a g o s A r t S p a c e , D U M B O , N Y - O c t . 2 0 0 8
• "Accorsi Arts Associates" "ART HAMPTONS, July 11th - 13th 2008
"Accorsi Arts Associates" "ART HAMPTONS, July 11th - 13th - Film Clip - 2008
"Accorsi Arts Associates" "ART HAMPTONS, July 11th - 13th - Artinfo - 2008
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• Adam Baumgold Gallery - ROAD WORKS June 12 - August 15 - 2008
• Mark Wiener and Take Dance at the Miller Theatre - May 2008
• red dot - 2008
• ABC No Rio's - biannual building-wide exhibition - March 2008
• "Accorsi Arts Associates" "Works on Paper", Park Avenue Armory, Feb, 2008
• Housatonic Musuem of Art, Linal Investigtions, Bridgeport, Conn - November 2007
• "Moving On " - CURB, NY, NY - OCT - NOV - 2007 Cross Narrative essay by Linda DiGusta
• "Gestures; a Timeline "- Solo - Roger Smith Hotel - July - Sept. 2007
rogersmith lab gallery
Click here for Video Coverage of the Gestures: A Timeline - Hotel Roger Smith Lobby Series
• "Inside Out", - Solo Performance - Roger Smith - The Lab - July 2007
Mark Wiener’s “Inside Out” at the Roger Smith Lab Gallery
was made possible in part by VIVA® Towels
Click here for Video Coverage of the "Inside Out" Lab Gallery Installation
PHOTO CREDIT - ART ON A GRAND SCALE - View of second day Lab Gallery Installation - July 15 - 20th 2007 (move cursor over picture)
• “BEYOND BORDERS , CURB, NY, NY - March - April 2007
• "Accorsi Arts Associates" Art Miami, Jan 2007
• “Sharks & Angels” Solo Exhibition - DRAFT FCB GROUP , NY, NY - Sept 2006
• 2006“Summer Thunder” Art Gotham, NY, NY - August 2006
• “Gesture Pools II” Solo Exhibition - AFP Galleries, NY, NY - April - May 2006
• “Gesture Pools” Solo Exhibition - MONTBLANC, NY, NY - April - May 2006
• “Barcodes” Solo Exhibition - A4l, NY, NY - March - April 2006
• “Take 5” CURB, NY, NY - March - April 2006
• ‘Abexbox” Chasahama , NY, NY - March - April 2006
• “Gestures” Solo Exhibition - CURB, NY, NY - JAN - FEB 2006
• “Celebrating Color“ Hudson Guild , NY, NY - Dec - FEB 2005 - 06
• “Movement In Art” Hudson Guild , NY, NY - Dec - JAN. 2005 - 06
• “Conversations” Chasahama , NY, NY - April - MAY. 2005
• “I Made This” Chasahama , NY, NY - Jan - Feb. 2005
• CURB Annual Exhibition - CURB February 28, 2005
• Chashama - January 30, 2005
• Resolve40_Worth, Chashama Dec. 11, 2004
• “ Postcards from the Edge”, Benefit Group Show - Visual Aids Dec. 6, 2004
• Chasahama , NY, NY - Chasahama Nov. 15, 2004
• Alex Fund , NY, NY Nov. 04, Century Club, Grp. Show - Nov.12, 2004
• NIGHT OF 1000 Drawing - Artists Space , NY. NY - Nov. 05, 20
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• COLLABORATION 1 - CREATIVE ARTISTS NETWORK, Phila, Pa,- Nov. 04, 2004
• “E-motion” Solo Exhibition - M-space - SMP LAB, Tokyo, Japan Oct. , 2004
• Starving Artists Ball, NY, NY Grp. Show - Studio 42 - Oct. 04, 2004
• Finding Rembrandt - Anthem Gallery, Soho, NY, Sept. 04, 2004
• Chashama , Chashama, new York, NY - July 2004
• Group Show - ANTHEM Gallery, New York, NY - May 2004
• “Ray of Light” Saatchi & Saatchi auction by CHRISTIE’S - December 11, 2003
• “(re-awakening)’ – TIXE, a Chashama Artspace , New York, NY November 18 – 30, 2003
• George Billis Gallery, New York, NY , May 1, 1997
• Corner Gallery – Roger Smith Hotel – New York, NY , May 1994
Projects and Publications
• MONTBLANC 57th & Madison, NYC “where fashion meets art” solo - May 2006
• Publisher - resolve40 the magazine by artists ... about art . web zine 2004-2006
• ATOA - Board of Directors - 2006
• School of Visual Arts - Teacher - 1994-2000
• “The Art Of Mickey Mouse” - Hyperion Publishing – 1992 - collection of contemporary Mickey Mouse paintings
• Family of Children – Grosset & Dunlap - 1973
Musuems
• Housatonic Musuem of Art, Bridgeport, Conn
• Philatelic Museum at Palis Des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Honors & Awards
• Creation of Tribute21 Painting for Felissimo Plate Series - July. 2005
• Artist-in-Residence,TIXE - Chashama Visual Arts Progarm 2003
• Artist-in-Residence, 40 Worth Street - Chashama Visual Arts Progarm 2004-2005
• United Nations Commemorative, “Transportation” - United Nations - 1997
• Unesco Stamp Commemorative, “World Heritage” – United Nations – 1992
• Croix de Chevalier de L’Orde Belgo Hispanique under the patronage of Queen Fabiola of
Belgium - 1973 |
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