Artists Describing Their Art:
E.c. Corbitt - E.C. Corbitt - The Comedian of Horror If one accepts the current Postmodernist perspective on the development of "modernism" in painting, several faulty assumptions about its history become evident. The popular view that painting passed through a series representational phases - Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, etc., only to triumph in the achievements of pure abstraction, now appears historically naive and dominated by a Western European bias. Very few artists, whether in their vision or their work, have so successfully challenged the simplicity of this view as E.C. Corbitt. A few international painters - Francis Bacon, Paul Cadmus, Lucien Freud - while deeply influenced by trends in twentieth-century art, have also remained committed to representation of the human figure. Corbitt, who spent the last twenty-five years working in Europe, also retains the centrality of the figure, while incorporating aspects of the American art scene - the various forms of Pop, Op, and Conceptual Art - that consolidate his American experience and give his work a unique vision. His technical ability, use of colour, and refreshing sense of wit - combined with a healthy dose of sarcasm (derived, it appears, from an early exposure to Mad Magazine) - involve the viewer in a stimulating journey. ...
Youri Messen-Jaschin - Award 1963 1st Prize of contemporary engraving Center of Engraving Geneva MusA(c)e daEURtmart et daEURtmHistoire Geneva 1966 Grant of the Swedish state for study at the University of Gothenburg research in the textil in Op art 1969 USA Gould corporation 1st prize for the realization of a Op art sculpture 1970 2 nd prize for a textile work - electro-acoustic, University of Gothenburg 1971 1 st prize for a textile work - electro-acoustic, RAPhsska Museum Gothenburg 1985 Italiy Centro Studi e Ricerche delle Nazioni World Culture Award Statue of Victory 1985 1985 Centro Studi e Ricerche laEURtmAccademia daEURtmEuropa Diploma of Appointment of Academician of Europe for its cultural and professional activity 1986 Diploma European SchowmenaEURtms Union For his sincere efforts on behalf of the European ShowmenaEURtms Union we hereby extend our special appreciation to. Bruxelles IV73 1987 Diploma of nomination Golden Elephant for the merits that he acquired to the cause of the circus Schweizer National Circus GebrA1/4der Knie Rapperswil 1998 Installation Award Certificate of Merit Research in Op art Angel Orensanz Foundation, Center for the arts, New York 2000 Aim for Arts, International juried exhibition, celebrating artistic achievement Federation of ...