Randy Klinger
January 28 – February 22, 2025
Artist Reception, Thursday, January 30th 5 – 8pm
Artist will be at the Gallery on the Saturdays of the exhibition: February 1, 8, 15 & 22
View the Online Presentation Here
Prince Street Gallery is pleased to present “Randy Klinger,” an exhibition of 20 drawings in two themes. The first is self-portraiture, a subject he has delved deeply into over time. A second theme is Vermeer-inspired genre scenes. A characteristic of the work is that he uses patterns to create form. Klinger expresses his thoughts on both subjects: “Self-portraiture: Looking at all that I dislike about myself and thereby, finally, accepting myself, as I enter the fourth quarter of my life, restoring my relationship with myself, activating a message that came to me 2 decades ago, ‘YOU are the Friend that you have been waiting for.’, and Vermeer-inspired genre scenes; a woman in a domestic scene with attention to light, space, and contemporary objects and to aim at Vermeer’s level of craft and stillness—elevating the banality of the objects in our 21st-century life.
Klinger states that, “The ‘how’ of my artwork is to look deeply into the figure and into objects, finding a pattern that defines 3-dimensional form. These all-pervading patterns have taken over, allowing a 2-D decorative surface to describe form in a way that brings greater presence. By eliminating color, the viewer is invited to ‘complete’ the scene by evoking color. Since the ‘aesthetic orgasm’ that I experienced in boyhood, my one aim has been to create pictures that can uplift the viewer on a physical level.” Originally from New York, Klinger set up and directed Moray Art Centre, Findhorn, Scotland, in 2007, which he had directed and where he had taught. He exhibits internationally and is represented by Prince Street Gallery NYC. His mentors have included the Art Historians Sir Ernst Gombrich, Dore Ashton, Joseph Koerner, Harvard, John Onians, Matteo Ceriana, ex-Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti.
Review of the exhibition on the Oceana studio substack
Review of the exhibition on Meer.com
view Press Release for “Randy Klinger”.
For more information see:
Artist Website: randyklinger.com
Artist’s Instagram: @randy.klinger
Email Artist: randyklinger1956@gmail.com
For purchase and further viewing, visit the companion Artsy online exhibition View Randy Klinger
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