Artist Information:
Juergen Eckstein
South Beach, OR
United States
Member Since: Feb 2002
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Artist Statement:
here I am
at the age of 60
born in Germany
lived and traveled in almost
all corners of this world.
I have been a businessman most
of my life.
I have no formal art
education.
However, I have studied art -
by reading, looking, watching,
discussing and by painting
since childhood.
I see this rather as an
advantage. It allows me to be
unpretentious, down to earth,
and sometimes simplistic
without the usual “art talk”
of many words that are only
understood by a limited circle
of sophisticated, highly
trained insiders and
professionals with their own
language and terminology.
I am not entirely dumb.
I have an analytical mind
I love to debate (my own ideas
and others’}
I am curious
I am critical, sometimes
provocative
I love to paint
which I have done -
unfortunately with limited
time
- fortunately without
commercial pressure
I have shown my paintings in
private and public exhibitions
with excellent response
I am not quite dead yet
I shall paint more.
My definition of art:
To make it quite clear: a
painting is a painting, a
picture, not a novel or
symphony. The choice of medium
indicates that the optics is
the most important, the visual
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Artist Exhibitions:
1985 group exhibition
Community Center Cologne,
Germany
1986 group exhibition
Haus Krone Bergisch
Gladbach, Germany
1987 group exhibition
'Kuenstlerstrasse'
Cologne, Germany
1988 solo exhibition
Setagaya Art Museum Tokyo,
Japan
1989 solo exhibition
Convention Center Seoul,
South Korea
1990 group exhibition
'Ueno no mori'
Tokyo, Japan
1994 solo exhibition
Gallery 21...
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Juergen Eckstein's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Juergen Eckstein's Portfolio. Browse Eckstein's body of work: here I am
at the age of 60
born in Germany
lived and traveled in almost all corners of this world.
I have been a businessman most of my life.
I have no formal art education.
However, I have studied art - by reading, looking, watching, discussing and by painting since childhood.
I see this rather as an advantage. It allows me to be unpretentious, down to earth, and sometimes simplistic without the usual “art talk” of many words that are only understood by a limited circle of sophisticated, highly trained insiders and professionals with their own language and terminology.
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