12 FOR OUR 12TH DANIEL KORNRUMPF FOR MORE INFORMATION: DANIELKORNRUMPF.COM by Don Wilkinson Last September, I visited Groundwork!, a shared workspace on the outskirts of downtown New Bedford. Over the last year or so, the lobby has become a de facto art gallery, an alternative space that rivals any exhibition venue in the city. It was there that I first saw the paintings of Daniel Kornrumpf and I was drawn in, so much so that I would eventually commission him to paint a portrait of my wife Elizabeth and me as a Christmas gift to her. Kornrumpf’s paintings in that exhibition — aptly named “Personal Space” — were predominantly large portraits, nearly life-size, with a sprinkling of smaller still lifes. The portraits are touched with such a profound sense of intimacy that, as a viewer, I felt like I was bordering on voyeurism, intruding upon a private conversation. But … [Read more...] about DANIEL KORNRUMPF: FINDING PERSONAL SPACE
Still-Life
Beautiful Decay
Still Life Transforms at Danforth by J. Fatima Martins Danforth Museum of Art curator Jessica Roscio is disrupting the stillness of the popular and bucolic still-life arrangement. While studying the form, she noticed, “variations on the definition” of the genre, the most exciting element being the condition of flux. Roscio has designed another clever multi-component exhibition with a complicated theme: “Beautiful Decay,” a statement show featuring objects from Danforth’s permanent collection and three separate yet connected solo installations by invited contemporary artists, each offering a different process and aesthetic: Sarah Meyers Brent, abstracted assemblage and painting using readymade and organic material; Steve Duede, photographs of decomposing flowers and fruit; and David Weinberg, precise and exquisite still-life hyper-realism. The idea of being in the … [Read more...] about Beautiful Decay