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Wesley Kimler BIOGRAPHY
Born 1953 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Gestural painting.
Chicago painter Wesley Kimler once referred to himself as the "bete noir" of the art scene, referring to the way he utilizes the physical act of painting. His bold, wide open, gestural canvases are... Read full biography
Chicago painter Wesley Kimler once referred to himself as the "bete noir" of the art scene, referring to the way he utilizes the physical act of painting. His bold, wide open, gestural canvases are intended to encode a hierarchy of repeated symbols. He passes over Conceptualism's often ironic... Read full biography
Chicago painter Wesley Kimler once referred to himself as the "bete noir" of the art scene, referring to the way he utilizes the physical act of painting. His bold, wide open, gestural canvases are intended to encode a hierarchy of repeated symbols. He passes over Conceptualism's often ironic interpretations to take the contributions of the Abstract Expressionists at face value, using their work as a sincere springboard for his own. Most recently, Kimler was commissioned by Aon Corporation to... Read full biography
Chicago painter Wesley Kimler once referred to himself as the "bete noir" of the art scene, referring to the way he utilizes the physical act of painting. His bold, wide open, gestural canvases are intended to encode a hierarchy of repeated symbols. He passes over Conceptualism's often ironic interpretations to take the contributions of the Abstract Expressionists at face value, using their work as a sincere springboard for his own. Most recently, Kimler was commissioned by Aon Corporation to create four large pieces for the lobby of the Aon Center. Kimler has shown his paintings throughout the United States including:. The San Francisco International Art Exposition. Art Chicago 1998. The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL). He is... Read full biography
Chicago painter Wesley Kimler once referred to himself as the "bete noir" of the art scene, referring to the way he utilizes the physical act of painting. His bold, wide open, gestural canvases are intended to encode a hierarchy of repeated symbols. He passes over Conceptualism's often ironic interpretations to take the contributions of the Abstract Expressionists at face value, using their work as a sincere springboard for his own. Most recently, Kimler was commissioned by Aon Corporation to create four large pieces for the lobby of the Aon Center. Kimler has shown his paintings throughout the United States including:. The San Francisco International Art Exposition. Art Chicago 1998. The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL). He is included in numerous private and public collections including:. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Ne... Read full biography
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Chicago painter Wesley Kimler once referred to himself as the "bete noir" of the art scene, referring to the way he utilizes the physical act of painting. His bold, wide open, gestural canvases are intended to encode a hierarchy of repeated symbols. He passes over Conceptualism's often ironic interpretations to take the contributions of the Abstract Expressionists at face value, using their work as a sincere springboard for his own.
Most recently, Kimler was commissioned by Aon Corporation to create four large pieces for the lobby of the Aon Center.
Kimler has shown his paintings throughout the United States including:
The San Francisco International Art Exposition
Art Chicago 1998
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