Analyzing Kurt Wenner's Absolut Vodka Paintings

The Absolut Vodka painting was done in Stockholm, Sweden (Wrenn, and Abraham). This painting turned out to be the painting that allowed Wenner to be known by a wider audience. Another painting he was hired for was for Disney in Glendale, California (“Kurt Werren”). This job grew into a relationship between Wenner and Disney; he trained some of the top engineers at Disney Imagineering as well as theme park designers to use unusual uses of perspective (“Kurt Wenner”). The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC has invited Wenner to speak about his art and his unique use of perspectives on several different occasions (“Kurt Wenner”). Wenner has a teacher side to him that urges him to spread his knowledge. He often donates his time and expertise to nonprofit street painting
festivals (Thompson). Being that Wenner is an unofficial historian of street painting, this makes him an expert on the topic (Thompson). In Los Angeles, California, Wenner worked with the Music Center to develop a 2-day school residency program that was designed to teach the children some lessons about art. For the first five years that the program started running, Wenner devoted 1 month a year to the project (“Kurt Wenner”). He also was invited to do several public lectures that are known as, “_Master Drawing, Perspective and Illusion, _and The Complete Pastel” as well as a lecturing as a “study guide for the Smithsonian’s Art and Culture of Italy Program” (“Kurt Wenner”). Wenner taught over an astounding 100,000 kids over a 10 year period (“Kurt Wenner”). Wenner seemed to have dabbled in almost every form of art. He had started out with paint, canvas, sidewalks, and murals. Eventually Wenner struck an interest in architecture, and began designing homes and buildings (“Kurt Wenner”). He also ended up putting his artwork into another form of art by creating many sculptures for clients (“Kurt Wenner”). Combining sculpting and architecture, allowed him to great multidimensional artwork (Wrenn, and Abraham). Wennereven got into decorative art and performed molding and casting. It was thrilling to him to finally be able to take his visions from two dimensions, and bring it into the three dimensional world (“Kurt Wenner”). Many people are left wondering what happens to the paintings?
Well, eventually they are washed away forever. All that is left of them are pictures that many have taken of them, and the memories of it. When Wenners paintings wash away, he thinks of it as the completion of his “artistic process” and only wishes that he could make it more ritualistic (Thompson). Works Cited "Artist Statement & Biography." Kurt Wenner. Wenner Empire, Web. 28 Oct 2009. http://kurtwenner.com/images/PDFs/Artist_Statement.pdf. -Use (“Kurt Wenner”) Thompson, Lorraine. "Chalk it up to the Madonnari." Chalk Painting. oct 2004. Web. 28 Oct 2009. http://www.chalkpainting.com/journal/images/primo_madonnari_feature.pdf. -Use (Thompson) Wrenn, Eddie, and Tamara Abraham. "Monsters Climbing Through the Floors, Magic Carpet Rides Through Fantastical Cities... Yes, It 's the Return of the 3D Artist." Mail Online. 20 Aug 2009. Associated Newspapers Ltd, Web. 28 Oct 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news.html. -Use (Wrenn, and Abraham) "anamorphosis." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 28 Oct. 2009 "Kurt Wenner." Grand Illusions. Web. 28 Oct 2009.
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