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Kris
Kuksi
"It
is far to objectionable to even begin to agree upon what art
is or what great art should be. Therefore, it is most certain
that myself within this occupation be true to my tastes and
to expel those pressures to conform to art-trends new or old."
Kris
Kuksi was born March 2nd 1973 in Springfield Missouri, he
weighed five pounds. He grew up in neighboring Kansas, son
to a blue-collar working mother and absent father. In his
youth open country, sparse trees, and later, alcoholic stepfathers
surrounded him. His fascination with dead animals foreshadowed
his later macabre drawings and painting. The grotesque as
it seemed, was beauty.
In
adolescence he experienced a secret paranoia of crowds, public
places, and the opposite sex, which overshadowed his personal
and social development. A withdrawn and oftentimes stealthy
individual, he was considered an elusive and mysterious schoolmate,
never involved in extracurricular activities or much at all
with friends.
In
adulthood his discoveries of painting and drawing blossomed
his need to achieve a breakthrough to personal freedom by
which the environments of his youth had scarred. At this time
he explored further fascinations in beauty and the unusual.
He soon discovered his distaste for the typical and popular
culture of American life. He as he felt belonged to the Old
World, and in his quiet time alone felt that mankind of today
is elastic and fragile mostly driven by greed and lust.
His
art best fits into 'Fantastic Realism', yet the overall body
of works have no specific category as seen in his broad range
of ideas. He feels that using many directions and styles in
art are necessary to express his voice and he feels that to
succumb to just one style is without growth or diversity.
A quiet and gentle man, Kris Kuksi continues his ideas of
beauty and the strange in art while living a lifestyle suited
to a nocturnal and oftentimes impulsive individual.
As
one of the emerging artists in the movement of Fantastic Realism,
Kris Kuksi has become a profound messenger of the subversive
and illusionistic ambiguities deep within the human psyche.
His sophisticated and enchanting paintings suggest both outrageous
and perplexing juxtapositions. From an obscure location of
rural America, Kris Kuksi is amused by the macabre and enigmatic
as his images are enmeshed in successive layers of incongruous
and bizarre subjects. Producing in a world ruled by hackneyed
and intrusive contemporary art, Kris Kuksi has continued in
the old masters tradition of finely crafted techniques and
disciplined anatomical study. He borrows from the inspiration
of hallucinatory patterns and shapes deep within the delirium
of paranoia and obsessive behaviors. His beautiful yet peculiar
compositions stand to last as the work of a keen observer
fascinated with the inexplicable circumstances of the human
experience. His work has been included in exhibitions throughout
Europe, The United States, and Australia and is a part of
many private and public collections. He has also been featured
in international art magazines and has sold works through
Sotheby's art auctions.
A
list of Kuksi facts and favorites:
1. Favorite drink: water
2. Favorite sport to watch: none
3. Current pet: an unborn robin fetus in a jar
4. Favorite Month: March
5. Favorite day of the year: March 2nd
6. Favorite flavor: vanilla
7. Living arrangement: rented apartment, next door to a hermaphrodite
8. Favorite smell: rain
9. Time he goes to bed: 8 am
10. Time he wakes up: 4 pm
11. What hangs on the wall above his bed: a hundred year old
wooden leg
12. Favorite animal: the gharial
13. Favorite food: sushi
14. Favorite city: Vienna
15. Astrological sign: Pisces
16. Least favorite food: celery
17. Favorite number: 8
18. Least favorite number: 9
19. Other talents: Music
20. Favorite time of day: 2 am
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