Great Pond Gallery at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center
Marc Kundmann - BODY LANGUAGE
Part of a monthly changing exhibit showcasing local artists.
Great Pond Gallery at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center, 715 Old Kings Highway
Month of September, M-F: 8 am - 4 pm
Reception for the Artist: Sunday, September 8 - 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Robert Rindler: Curator, James Connors: Co-Curator & Installation
ARTIST STATEMENT:
This exhibition is a collection of works that explore the male figure with paintings that span my career. In these works, I focus on body language and the physicality of the figures —whether in contemplation or movement—to suggest a narrative and dialog between the subjects and even the viewer. I use vibrant color expressively to set a tone and incorporate scrapping, texture, and bold brushwork to bring out the fleshiness and complexity of the body while hopefully revealing a sense of inner life that goes beyond the surface. My goal is to invite viewers to find their own connection and interpretation of the scene and the interplay between the figures.
ARTIST’S BIO:
Marc Kundmann has spent over 25 years as a painter residing and working in the captivating landscapes of Cape Cod. He has maintained his Provincetown West End studio for over a decade. More recently, part-time residency in Mérida, Mexico has further broadened his palette and subjects, including the addition of portraiture to his repertoire.
Kundmann works in encaustic, oil and acrylic media, allowing him to build and remove layers of color, transparency, and pigments, and to use texture expressively. His hope is that the resulting layers create not only intriguing and beautiful surfaces, but also give emotional life to the subjects and hint at the mystery inside.
His most recent work explores our physical interaction with the exceptional environment of the Cape: the long walks through the dunes, our movement through the water that surrounds us either swimming or boating, biking on the trails, and even the still moments in our special homes. It celebrates the unique rituals and rhythms of life here and the beautiful people of all kinds that make up the fabric of our community.
Kundmann studied and workshopped with fine artists connected to the long tradition of creating on Cape Cod including Robert Henry, a student of Hans Hofmann, and Fine Arts Work Center Fellows Jim Peters, Bert Yarborough and Richard Baker. Through them he learned to explore materials, freeing himself from the constraints of representing the real world and allowing him to work expressively, responding to color and composition allowing the painting to evolve into its final form.
He is represented by the Addison Art Gallery and his exhibitions include several one-man shows there. Teaching Traditions (2013) and Art of the Garden (2012) at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the two-person show Timeless: Explorations in Wax-based Media at the Cape Cod Museum of Art.
His work is featured in Deborah Forman’s comprehensive book, Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: Images of Land and Sea (Schiffer Publishing, 2013).
Kundmann has taught several workshops through the Museum School at PAAM.