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Der
fotografische Stil, den Ward George in der erotischen Kunst vertritt,
bildet das Pendant zur photorealistischen Schule in der Malerei. Aktfotografien,
die mehr an Gemälde alter Meister erinnern, als an postmoderne
Photosessions und durchgestylte Model-Shootings. Kein unerreichbares
Schönheitsideal wird hier inszeniert, sondern die Modelle vor dem
Objektiv behutsam in Szene gesetzt, immer auf der Suche nach einem
künstlerischen Ideal. Der Fotograf läßt mit seiner meisterhaften
Technik, die Vergangenheit wieder aufleben, ohne sie zu imitieren. Er
erfindet sie einfach neu - eine Hommage nicht nur an die großen
Meister der erotischen Malerei, eine Hommage auch an die
Sinnlichkeit, die Schönheit und die Liebe...
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Ward
George is a contemporary representational artist interested
primarily in the female nude.
Having
made off with his mother's paint box at the age of nine, Mr.
George received his training privately and, formally, at the
University of Wisconsin. Although deeply influenced by modern
art and its philosophies, he soon embarked on a deeper study of
the whole of Western Art. As a result, he has built a foundation
drawing from the depth of western tradition as well as more
contemporary sources.
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Exhibitions
and Competitions
1994
The Priva B . Gross International Juried
Exhibition
The City University of New York, New York, NY
1993
Bronze Award for Traditional Works on Paper
1993 Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards
1992
Silver Award for Works on Paper
1992 Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards
Three-man show at Sierra Gallery, Lake Tahoe
A
dozen original digital paintings will be shown in ArtExpo
2001 at the Pascale Museum, Bari, Italy. The show opens August 3,
2001.
Luca Curci Galleries will be representing the artist in Italy afterwards.
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Mr.
George has chosen the nude as an expressive vehicle for three
reasons:
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first,
it is the foundation of Western Art;
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second,
it is an art form in and of itself;
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third,
and most importantly, because of his natural sympathies for
the human figure and the enduring source of challenges and
opportunities it presents.
Believing
that an artist must bring intellect, emotion and technique to
his work, he has taken what he considers of greatest aesthetic
value from artists as varied as Rembrandt and Picasso, de
Kooning and Ingres, Rodin and Welliver, Matisse, Wyeth, Rubens
and Pearlstein.
Mr.
George's work hangs in private collections throughout the world.
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