Randall Schmit
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Randall Schmit STATEMENT Collage has been a crucial medium for me for over a decade; mosaic murals I encountered in Istanbul have informed the textures and rhythms of this work. The hue, scale, and depth of individual tiles within a Byzantine mosaic mural create a surface of infinite variety in a relatively shallow space. The structural narrative is drawn as if a graphic novel, with imagery from sources as diverse as Old Masters, science fiction, movie stills and graphic art. I arrange images, then over-paint them to create a distinct and encrusted, web-like world. BIO Visual artist Randall Schmit is the 2011 Recipient of the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist’s Support Grant. His paintings are included in the Permanent Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, and others. Considered a third-generation Abstract Expressionist, his paintings marry figurative aspects to abstract gestures producing a hybrid that is both graphic novel and abstract expressionism. ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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