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Mark Safan | 
Air 2002 148 x 132 cm | 
This 2003 148 x 132 cm | 
Untitled 2007 oil and mixed media on canvas |
Mark Safan
1951 Born Los Angeles, California | 1969 University of California, Santa Barbara | 1971 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco | 1973 Co-founder Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, California | 1975 Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver, British Columbia | 1976 - 1983 Musician with various rock bands, records for Warner Bros. Records, Planet/Elektra/Asylum Records | 1985 Moves to New York City to paint | 1991 - 2007 Artist with Galerie Brockstedt, Berlin | 1995 Artist in Residence, Atelierhaus, Pankow, Berlin
Beyond Abstraction: Meaning in a tangled landscape
Abstraction can still tell us much about the world, ourselves, and painting itself. As one of many painterly idioms it has been the one of choice for many painters of the last century and remains so for many today. Through various approaches that participants will bring to the project, we will examine how and why abstraction best suits
our expressive needs with a focus on the question of meaning itself.
If we understand the language of abstraction we can be more precise in its usage. We will work medium to large format with oil and acrylic paint on both paper and canvas.
Application requirements
Participants must submit 3-10 images of their work, a brief CV, and a short response to the course description
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