Barry Feuerstein

Artist Statement
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The primacy of the picture plane, color and structure are the abstract principles paramount to his artistic endeavor. “For me working in the studio in conjunction to creating art is a spiritual, meditative experience.”

Barry Feuerstein’s journey parallels the evolution of the history of art for over 30,000 years, from early cave paintings and objects through the major periods of Medieval, Renaissance, Impressionist, Cubist, and Abstract Expressionism, up to modern Contemporary Eclecticism. Influenced by several artists and writers. The artists are Paul Cezanne, Robert Motherwell, Edward Weston, Arron Siskind and Cy Twomley. The writers are Loa-Tzu’s - Toa Te Ching, Henry David Thoreau’s - Walden, Walt Whitman’s - Leaves of Grass and Samuel Becketts; Waiting for Godot.”
Titles such as Hadron Collider, String Theory, e=mc2, Dark Matter and Frank Gehry Ghost reflect the source of inspiration from metaphysics, science and the natural world: particle physics, mathematical principles (such as String Theory, the ...

EDUCATION:
MFA – Sculpture & Photography - City College, City University of New York, 1975
BA – Awarded Honors in Psychology – City College, City University of New York, 1972

EDUCATION:
MFA – Sculpture & Photography - City College, City University of New York, 1975
BA – Awarded Honors in Psychology – City College, City University of New York, 1972

WORKS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS - MUSEUMS & PRIVATE:
Bethpage FCU, Manhattan Branch, 6 Photographs - 2021
The Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, NY, NY-2016
Center for Spiritual Living & Learning- September – Indeterminate Loan 2010 - Present
The Genende Private Art Collection, NYC & Westhampton, LI, NY 29 Paintings & Photograph - 2017
The Law Office-Pfeifer & Cho Art Collection-5 Paintings &18 Photographs Indeterminate Loan - 2014-Present
The Nidetch Private Art Collection – LI, NY – Paintings & Photographs - 2015
The City College Art Collection, New York-2012
Hebrew Home -The Art Collection-American Association of Museum-2011
The Kliers Art Collection, LI, NY Paintings & Photographs 2007
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
St. Mary’s College Museum Collection, St. Mary City, Maryland
Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Louisiana

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Hebrew Home Museum at Riverdale-Alchemy in Art, Abstract Sculpture -4 pieces, 2012-2014
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