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Article: Pieter Schoolwerth at American Fine Arts.(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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"The Black Rainbow's Domino Effect on the Infinite Burgundy Line" was the grandiose title of Pieter Schoolwerth's third solo show in New York. As a painter, Schoolwerth is something of a contradiction, presenting denizens of a low-rent urban lifestyle in a manner that owes a heavy debt to Balthus, and contains echoes of Rubens and Dali. One typically cryptic canvas, The Secret Celebration, is set in a somewhat grungy apartment with garish green walls. Stretched out on a sofa to one side of the room is a leggy brunette talking on a pink telephone. The phone's long cord wraps around one of her outstretched legs and then extends across the room to get tangled up in the legs ...
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Article: New York
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December 1, 2008 ;
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... ... entire authence ended up admitted to the institution's observation deck free of charge. Elsewhere, painter Pieter Schoolwerth's Wierd parties occupied a bar on Chrystie Street on a weekly basis, taking over the space with smoke machines ...
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