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Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 7:00 PM
to Sunday, May 28, 2017 - 10:00 PM
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Ocean Galleries welcomes Josef Kote for a Memorial Day weekend show, marking his first appearance in New Jersey. "Josef Kote – Drifting Away� opens Friday, May 26 and runs through Monday, May 29, 2017 with all artwork available for acquisition. Exhibit hours are 10 AM to 10 PM Friday through Sunday and 10 AM to 5 PM on Monday. Guests will have the opportunity to meet Josef Kote when he signs purchased artwork from 7 PM until 10 PM on Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28.
A New York-based artist, Kote is best known for his distinctive style and technique. His paintings are symphonies of light and color that are lyrically stunning and romantic, edgy and current. Kote achieves this delicate balance of seemingly contradictory qualities through his complete mastery of technique and through years of experimenting to find his own unique style. With the lightness of a true master's hand, he combines classic academic and abstract elements, fusing these, literally letting them run into each other with dripping colors and light, by using his signature drip effect along the bottom. Kote's trademarks are his bold brushwork, and sweeping strokes of vibrant colors applied - more often than not - with a pallet knife, while other areas of the canvas are left monochromatic and devoid of detail, creating a negative space that lets the eye drift to infinity. The results are paintings that tremble in stillness with energy and light.
A New York-based artist, Kote is best known for his distinctive style and technique. His paintings are symphonies of light and color that are lyrically stunning and romantic, edgy and current. Kote achieves this delicate balance of seemingly contradictory qualities through his complete mastery of technique and through years of experimenting to find his own unique style. With the lightness of a true master's hand, he combines classic academic and abstract elements, fusing these, literally letting them run into each other with dripping colors and light, by using his signature drip effect along the bottom. Kote's trademarks are his bold brushwork, and sweeping strokes of vibrant colors applied - more often than not - with a pallet knife, while other areas of the canvas are left monochromatic and devoid of detail, creating a negative space that lets the eye drift to infinity. The results are paintings that tremble in stillness with energy and light.
