Gillock
Gallery has the privilege of showing the work of veteran Chicago artist Curt
Frankenstein. Mr. Frankenstein is a
well known painter and a printmaker, who came to the Chicago area
from Germany when he was 25. He attended the American Academy of
Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Otis Art institute of
Los Angeles. Subsequently he took courses in Lithography under Max
Kahn at the Art Institute and in Etching under Hedi Bak at Studio
22 in Chicago. He now resides in Wilmette, IL, where he has a
studio and print shop with his own etching press.
Curt Frankenstein first succeeded in
selling his paintings in 1954 at the 57th Street Art Fair. He has
continued to participate in art fairs ever since, still attending
about six each year.
A Surrealist Painter: It was during the
1950s when abstract art was the attraction that Frankenstein found
his calling. He was devoted to representational art, and after
viewing surrealist paintings at the Art Institute, it was clear
where his passion lied. Frankensteins's paintings tell a story.
Paradoxes and Mysteries, he likes the tension between fantasy and
reality. He uses familiar images in unfamiliar surprising ways.
His paintings are realistic, but at
the same time not real. His aim is to break up accustomed views of
the world and to suggest that there is more to reality than meets
the eye.
