David Gerstein’s layered steel cutouts make me smile. Hand painted in the vivid colors of our everyday, they are teeming with life, energy, happiness – or as Naomi Aviv describes it in an interesting, comprehensive essay about the artist – “Israeliness”.
Endless Walk
Fifth Avenue A+B+C+D
Life Style
Big Peloton Wave
The slide show below is a good starting point for viewing Gerstein’s extensive body of work. His full portfolio can be found on his website – begin with the Wall Sculptures (21 pages of images for this category alone).
“It is important to emphasize Gerstein’s attitude toward the objects which he creates: he views them as being neither pure painting nor pure sculpture, but as a thing which breaks out of the square and the frame and confers on the painting a new living space; at the same time it frees the sculpture from dealing with the essence of the material. Gerstein’s painted objects have a life of their own, a life that is not dependent on the essence of media or cultural hierarchies. It is on the border line that Gerstein feels most comfortable: between sculpture and painting and design; between flat and three dimensional; between art objects and toys; between the airy light presence of the object which hangs on the wall with its shadows and the heavy weight of the object; between “high” and “low”.” Naomi Aviv, from her essay about the artist.
It’s so true what Gerstein shows in his masterpieces. Nowadays we are constantly in a hurry and busy … His art makes you think about it. very nice !