Wednesday 18 June 2014

Alexander Koleszar Artist Is A Worldwide Renaissance Man

By Kenya Campos


He is an artist who grew up in Michigan at Birmingham . His passion and talent for painting was seen while he was still young. Immediately he had completed almost 30 canvases, his painting was exhibited at a city hall in Michigan by then he was in his seventh grade. But like usual children can be cruel, Alexander Koleszar was taunted because of his creativity which made him begin to mask his talent in painting. He hoped that it would help him avoid more negative attention.

Twenty years later, a great tragedy occurred. An AIDS pandemic swept the land and killed a great number of people he held dearly. He went through a very disheartening moment. To overcome the difficult times he had gone through, he decided to ground himself again in art. This turned out to be a successful recovery mechanism.

When he returned back to his arts works, he majored on paintings that reflected the AIDS pandemic that had taken away the lives of his dear ones. His arts attracted a museum and sales gallery in Los Angeles. They bought one of the paintings which they entitled returning home. The painting was among the best two paintings that were picked that year for exhibition.

Despite the fact that he was gaining recognition in his talent and works, in 1994 he decided to ground himself in drawing techniques and classical painting. To become successful in this field he suspended his works in art and began to study classical painting.

He did not want to exhibit his art before building himself well in the field. However in 1996 he was invited to exhibit a number of his works at County Museum in Los Angeles. During the exhibition he was tagged a new emerging artist. It made him popular that he was called to take part in a Biennale held in Italy.

Biennale made Alex open to more opportunities. People from every corner of the world especially US and Europe. His works of paintings revealed his fusion for realism and surrealism. The works were an outstanding and reflected his admiration for various artists such as Magritte and Dali.

The works of Koleszar demonstrated that he was not timid of dealing with critical issues. In most paintings he responded to critical issues such as Enron scandal and wars during Bush Administration. He has created various arts in response to suspected motives for war. Some of the works address key issues of recovery and addiction in West Hollywood community. In general he ensured his work pointed out vital issues in the society.

Alexander is a great renaissance man. He did not only major in art but also had passion for politics and natural sciences. He integrated his ideas and world into beautiful, controversial, deep thoughts in works of art. After a few years one of the partners in Scott died. This was a very painful and dark moment for Alex because he had worked with the guy for 26 years. He decided to ground himself in his passion for painting and art. He moved to Palm Springs in California to avoid distractions and traumas he had gone through in the past.




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