Stuart Arends
ALUMINUM, PAPER AND WAX
March | Opening Saturday March 2, 6-8PM
Stuart Arends’ works appear courtesy of Yoshii Gallery NY
WEDGE 20”, 2006 (2023). Oil and lacquer on solid aluminum. 6 X 18 X 2 5/8 inches
Installation view -WEDGE 20”, 2006 (2023)
P.D.F. #4, 2004. Oil on wax. 3 1/4 X 3 3/4 X 3 3/4 inches
Alternate View P.D.F. #4, 2004
Stanza Dell’ Amore 23/4 2023. (Silver). Aluminum, ink, wax on wood. 5 X 5 X 1 3/4 inches
Alternate View “Stanza Dell’ Amore 23/4”, 2023. (Silver)
Stanza Dell’ Amore 23/4 2023. (White) Oil, ink, wax on wood. 5 X 5 X 1 3/4 inches
Stanza Dell’ Amore 23/4 2023. (White) Alternate View
Stanza Dell’ Amore, 23/2, 2023. (Red). Oil, pencil, wax, on wood. 5 X 5 X 1 3/4 inches
Stanza Dell’ Amore, 23/2”, 2023. (Red) Alternate View
Sister 18 1/2 X 14 1/4 inches. Hand applied silver leaf. Edition number: 4/20. Framed. Produced at Tamarind Abq. NM
“Sister”. 18 1/2 X 14 1/4 inches. (Blue, pink, yellow).Edition Number: 4/20. (Framed) Produced at Tamarind Abq. NM
Sister 18 1/2 X 14 1/4 inches. (Black and white with hand applied blue ink line. Edition Number: 4/20. Framed Produced at Tamarind, Abq. NM
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Stuart Arends
Stuart Arends lives and works in Willard, New Mexico, in a sun-drenched studio in the vast southwestern countryside. Arends takes a minimalist approach to his artworks, focusing on the physicality of his creations and choosing materials that can hold their own, rather than acting simply as a means to convey an image. His supports range from found wood, to sake boxes or aluminum cubes, and the wax, paint, and lacquer he applies to their surfaces lend the artworks a lustrous glow. Arends works on a small scale, bestowing his pieces with a distinctly personal quality, and drawing the viewer fully into the experience.
Stuart Arends’ work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and Europe and is included in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo; the Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe; Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, Verese; MAIS (Museum d’ Arte, Italy, Switzerland), Lugano; MART (Museum of Art Rovereto and Trento), Rovereto; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, and others. His works have been written about extensively in exhibition catalogues and publications such as, Temma Celesta, FMR, Interni, Art in America, Vogue Italia, Forbes Korea, Flash Art International, and the Brooklyn Rail, among others.
The artist received his MFA from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, in 1981. He is the recipient of two Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grants in 2013 and again 2019, as well as two National Endowment For The Arts Grants, in 1990 and 1991. Arends was raised in the small farming community of Grundy Center, Iowa.