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"ROBERT VAN VRANKEN: Silent Paintings"
2000-11-10 until 2001-01-07
Frye Art Museum
Seattle, WA, USA

ROBERT VAN VRANKEN (b. 1960) explores the elements of time and space in a way that masterfully holds existence within the confines of small room interiors. By the use of actual architectural elements in his framing, Van Vranken creates a physical portal into worlds, partaking both of reality and of imagination. His interiors become complex still lifes, confining all nature within the realm of a small canvas. These settings exist as spaces in their own rights but also evoke the whole of four-dimensional realities captured and contained within their narrow confines.

As the artist states I paint because I have dreamed of a painting that would stop the world.

A native of New York State, Van Vranken graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine and the San Francisco Art Institute. He has been the recipient of many awards, including multiple residencies at the Djerassi Foundation and the MacDowell Colony. In 1991, Van Vranken was a lecturer in visual arts at Princeton University. An illustrated catalogue is available in the museum store.


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