Christopher Kurtz Showing At The Matin Gallery

Artist Christopher Kurtz is currently showing at the Matin Gallery in Beverly Hills.

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Christopher Kurt is a sculptor that uses mainly steam bent wood in his work.

a blurb from the gallerys site:

I am interested in moments where the handmade is replaced by production and when the pendulum swings back to the handmade due to needs that production cant meet.(Christopher Kurt)

This is a moment that is of interest to many artist and crafts people and often comes down to figuring if there is added value or not to a hand made object.

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His work is minimalistic and streamline but has enough depth and warmth not to leave the observer cold.

The Curated Object says:

Christopher Kurtz (born 1975 in Excelsior Springs, MO) began his studies at the Kansas City Art Institute from 1994-1996 and later on to the NYSCC School of Art and Design at Alfred University where he earned a BFA in 1998. The following year he went to work as studio assistant to sculptor Martin Puryear (1999-2004) and in 2005 he was a recipient of the prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award. Christopher Kurtz currently resides in Accord, New York with his wife Deborah Ehrlich and daughter Willa.