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Chủ Nhật, 8 tháng 6, 2014

Alexander Koleszar Artist Is A Worldwide Renaissance Man

By Kenya Campos


He is an artist who grew up in Michigan at Birmingham . His passion and talent for painting was seen while he was still young. Immediately he had completed almost 30 canvases, his painting was exhibited at a city hall in Michigan by then he was in his seventh grade. But like usual children can be cruel, Alexander Koleszar was taunted because of his creativity which made him begin to mask his talent in painting. He hoped that it would help him avoid more negative attention.

Twenty years later an AIDS pandemic swept over his land. It was painful to witness friends and family die. He had to turn to something to forget the disheartening moment or even look for a way to let the sadness go. It was in this difficult period that he decided to get grounded in art once again. He concentrated in his work and art turned to be an effective recovery mechanism.

When he returned back to his arts works, he majored on paintings that reflected the AIDS pandemic that had taken away the lives of his dear ones. His arts attracted a museum and sales gallery in Los Angeles. They bought one of the paintings which they entitled returning home. The painting was among the best two paintings that were picked that year for exhibition.

Although Alex was becoming successful in his works, he decided to venture in classical paintings and also learn drawing techniques in 1994. In order to grow in this new field he put aside arts work and even enrolled classes for classical painting.

It did not take long for Alex build himself in the new field. In fact by the year 1996 he was already receiving invitations to participate in shows. He quickly became popular that people nick named him the new emerging artist in a Biennale show.

Since the Biennale, people across US and parts of Europe began buying his works. His paintings are not only a fusion of surrealism but also realism. They are outstanding and reflect his admiration of works done Magritte and Dali.

Every work Koleszar had done showed clearly that he was passionate and committed to his work. He used paintings to expose issues in the community. Some of the drawings he had made reflected wars in the society. From a glance of any of his paintings one could learn a lesson. They all reflected real issues in the community such as addiction in Hollywood community.

Alexander is a great renaissance man. He did not only major in art but also had passion for politics and natural sciences. He integrated his ideas and world into beautiful, controversial, deep thoughts in works of art. After a few years one of the partners in Scott died. This was a very painful and dark moment for Alex because he had worked with the guy for 26 years. He decided to ground himself in his passion for painting and art. He moved to Palm Springs in California to avoid distractions and traumas he had gone through in the past.




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