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Lee Stoetzel's Wooden Irregularities and Skull are from his series "Cubist Western" and depict his particular sense of Still Life meets Abstraction meets Formal Painting meets Historical Context. His interest in nature as a starting point comes from a long tradition of image making, while his use and application of materials and signifiers are both original and pastiche. Using a Krafting wood applicé tool he builds his pictures and equally takes paint away, while creating a composition with the wood grain. Reminiscent of early American Still Lifes by William Michael Harnett, the works play with the perception of space by testing the tensions of fore, middle, and background with that of surface and decorative techniques not typically associated with Contemporary painting, such as trompe l'oeil and faux, as well as other techniques specific to certain periods/movements of painting. Surrealism's frotage comes to mind. Lee Stoetzel's series of photos entitled "Accidental Tourism" appeared in issue #17 of zingmagazine and a review of the show in which these works hung was published in zingmagazine #6. Devon Dikeou |