Exhibition Review: Robert Goldstrom – Provincetown Independent

Robert Goldstrom was featured in The Provincetown Independent – “What’s Real About Robert Goldstrom’s Art Is His Unerring Style.” His work will be featured in the Rice Polak Gallery’s latest exhibition running from Thursday August 20th through Wednesday September 2nd. Here’s an excerpt from the article on Goldstrom’s latest series:

“[Goldstrom’s] most unique and intriguing… ‘Aquaria’ series, [features] people observing fish at an aquarium, and, perhaps, fish observing people.

The light in these paintings draws you in — they are lit from below. ‘In most paintings, the light comes from the top,’ Goldstrom says. ‘I liked the idea of the light bouncing up from below. It gives it an otherworldly look.’

He insists that his paintings have to be about something, and the ‘Aquaria’ series, with its unusual cross-species points of view and invisible glass separation, is a key example of that.

“I don’t explore consciously what’s going on there,” Goldstrom says. “It may not be narrative like a crucifixion. It may not be that defined a story. But there are relationships that are being explored. Sometimes, I can’t tell you what those relationships are. Sometimes, I don’t want to tell you. I owe it to the viewer to give 51 percent of what’s going on. That allows me to have some mystery.”

Please click here to read the entire article: “What’s Real About Robert Goldstrom’s Art Is His Unerring Style” by Howard Karren.

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Featured image above: “”Golds School” by Robert Goldstrom