Mark Kostabi
Mark Kalev Kostabi (born November 27, 1960 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American Pop Art painter .
Life
Kostabi was born the son of Estonian immigrants . He grew up in Whittier , California and studied art at California State University in Fullerton .
His first solo exhibition was in 1982 at the Molly Barnes Gallery in Los Angeles. A year later Kostabi's works were shown for the first time in New York , in the Simone Gallery .
In 1982 he moved to New York and since 1984 has been a leading figure in the East Village art movement . He developed into a provocative media personality by publishing self-interviews in which he commented on the deterioration of contemporary art into a commodity. In 1982 he founded "Kostabi World" in New York, a studio, gallery and office complex known for employing students of painting and thinkers.
In 1992 the Mitsukoshi Museum in Tokyo and 1998 in the Estonian Art Museum in Tallinn exhibited retrospectives of Kostabi's work. His works are still to this day in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , the Brooklyn Museum , the Corcoran Gallery of Art , the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome and the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands to see.
Kostabi World
Andy Warhol said in 1975:
“Business art is the next step after art. I started out as a commercial artist and I want to end up as a business artist. After doing this thing called art or something, I turned to business art. I wanted to be a business man or a business artist. Business success is the most fascinating kind of art. "
Kostabi follows in Warhol's footsteps in this regard: he does not produce any of his works himself (with a few exceptions such as Goya O Boya , 1982), instead he pays a team of assistants to come up with his pictures and produce them, including the signing. Kostabi compares himself to the tasks of the CEO of a company: he develops overall strategies and leaves the production to the employees. In this respect, Kostabi World sees itself as an art-producing business enterprise that reflects everyday industry (and the value of art).
literature
- Eric Shanes: Pop Art The answer to mass culture. P. 216
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kostabi, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kostabi, Mark Kalev (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |