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Coulomb's Law, 2005, soft lead pencil on paper, 22” x 30”
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KEITH GASPARI
ARTIST STATEMENT
The ideas for my paintings emerge as emotions. My task is to turn those emotions into images. I do this by playing on the viewer’s empathy, sympathy, curiosity and sense of humor. My paintings are figurative, presenting people in varying degrees of self-awareness. I am interested in how people behave alone as well as how they present themselves to others when they want to make a specific impression. These are the two main contexts I have used in exploring this; presenting people in moments of isolation, and presenting them in performance.
Ultimately, the figures are the metaphors for psychological states. Their body language conveys feelings of discomfort and vulnerability, anticipation and trepidation, solitude and melancholy. I seek out the right actors to portray these themes. In this way my work is collaborative. I rely on other people to express my ideas. In the end, however, it is my emotions that I want to convey through them.
My use of paint is at once loose and precise so as to be visually satisfying without intruding upon the image. The medium and surface work to convey a sense that what is on display is frozen in significance. The element of craft implies authorship but the lack of stylization suggests they are neutral documents. As the artist, my role is to step back to let the painting take the stage and let the viewer have the experience.
Keith Gaspari is represented by ArtZone 461 Gallery
BORN 1967 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
1994 Associates Degree, International Fine Arts College, Miami, Florida
1985 Awarded Summer Scholarship for Photography, Bucknell University, PA
AWARDS
1993 Concours International des Juenes Createurs de Mode
1985 Governor of Pennsylvania Scholarship for the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Colored Pencil Drawings, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
2008 Allegory, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Allegory, Goforaloop Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007 Does this dress make me look crazy?, Urban Outfitters, Installation: San Francisco, California
Keith Gaspari: Recent Works, Acme Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Keith Gaspari: Recent Works, Nordstrom’s Couture Department, San Francisco, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 The Dynamics of Painters, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Realist: New, Recent & Historical Works, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Self-portraits and Others, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawings & Prints by Bay Area Artists, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
Small WORKS, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
2010 AQUA: Art on Water, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
SF Fine Art Fair, ArtZone 461 Gallery: Booth 56, San Francisco, California
Un-titled, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
2009 Group Show, Standford University, Palo Alto, California
You Better Come See MF (my friends), ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
2008 Friday Nights at the de Young, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, California
Here & Now, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
A Grand Affair, a Benefit for Visual Aid, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007 Square Foot, Art Gotham, Chelsea, New York City
Self-Perceptions, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
2006 10th Annual Art for AIDS, San Francisco, California
Winter Solstice, Amaru Gallery, San Francisco, California
2005 Tabu, Amaru Gallery, San Francisco, California
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