“The Gallery” at City Hall shows Kurt Wandelmaier
Closing Reception Thursday, November 29th 5:30-6:30pm
Hanging on the walls of “The Gallery” at City Hall is a series called “Liminal Beings” from local illustrator and fine artist Kurt Wandelmaier. Wandelmaier’s work came to us from the Cultural Alliance of Western CT’s Accessible Art Program.
“Liminal Beings” presents a series of images that bridge the gap between traditional fantasy archetypes and fine art. The titular beings dwell in realms that exist in the subconscious of the artist, and represent a certain illumination of lost knowledge and ancient ways. The series of images is meant to be a deconstruction on mythic image making tropes with a modern perspective, and a celebration of fantastical creatures and people.
The show began on September 24th and will run until the closing reception on November 29th.
In the “Liminal Beings” series, all works of art were created as graphite drawings on Bristol paper, colored in Adobe Photoshop, and then printed on high quality Moab Lasal photo matte paper.
Kurt Wandelmaier is an illustrator and fine artist who graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2015, and currently lives in Brookfield, Connecticut. He specializes in fantasy imagery and eerie scenes of otherworldly beings inhabiting strange foreign lands, characterized by slick line work and gloomy colors.
See website for more: www.kurtwandelmaier.com
Additional Info on the CAWCT:
“Liminal Beings” is exhibited in partnership with the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut's Accessible Art program, which makes the work of regional visual artists accessible to new audiences by partnering with are venues who share in the creative and economic values of working together.