is a golden artist living in New York. An old friend from my college years, magical Pieter, his numerous incarnations, and their imaginative creations have long intrigued and charmed me. Ultimately this will be or will link to an expanded Pieter Schoolwerth website, where we will host AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF FIRE, a 23-minute audio/visual journey through language, knowledge, and golden creatures. For now, I simply plant a seed.

 
 
SAMPLING OF WORK BY PIETER SCHOOLWERTH

"... densely populated scenes of urban and suburban life."

— BUSINESS WEEK

 
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"Thee 83 Altered States ov Americka: Chapters 3 & 4" 
1995-1996, Colored pencil and paint pen on paper
This series, with 12 chapters in all, begins with the explanation: "States with the same number of letters shall be combined to form altered states in the spaces between." Each painting depicts the map outlines of both the original and altered states — IOWA plus UTAH, for example — surrounded by an expansive portrayal of various altered "states."
An article on this exhibit appeared in ART IN AMERICA.
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 "Twilight of the Inverse" 
1998, Oil on canvas, cm 95h X 100
This painting is from the series "The Black Rainbow Domino's Effect on the Infinite Burgundy Line," which ART IN AMERICA's David Ebony chose for his TOP TEN list.
 
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"The Once Over" 
2002, Oil on canvas, cm 117h X 127
This painting happens to prominently portray OLIVER HELDEN, who introduced Pieter and me so long ago.
 
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"Family"
2005, oil on linen, 83 x 100 inches


Pieter long ago shared with me his love for the music of The Legendary Pink Dots. When, years later, I set out to publish a lyric book by this group's vocalist, Edward Ka-Spel, it was only Pieter's work that could grace the cover of the cd-single included in the book. Edward Ka-Spel is, in turn, almost at the heart of the top painting on this page: “...Chapters 3 & 4.”

 
ADDITIONAL WORKS ONLINE
ELIZABETH DEE GALLERY
http://www.elizabethdeegallery.com/pages/search?search=schoolwerth

MC MAGMA
http://www.mcmagma.com/SCHOOLWERTH/PICTURES_SCHOOLWERTH.htm

LACAN.COM
http://www.lacan.com/cover17.htm
http://www.lacan.com/frameXVII1.htm

WITH ADRIAN DANNATT
http://www.lacan.com/dannlink0.htm

PUBLICATION INCLUSIONS
"GOTHIC: Transmutations of Horror in Late Twentieth-Century Art," edited by Christoph Grunenberg, The Institution of Contemporary Art, Boston. Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England, 1997. GOTHIC includes reproductions of four Pieter Schoolwerth paintings on the following pages: “Thee 83 Altered States ov Americka: Chapters 1&2” (page 107), “Chapters 3 &4” (page 106), “Chapter 11” (page 104 ), and “Chapter 12” (frontispiece). All works are colored pencil and paint pen on paper, 1995-96.
 
VIDEO
“The Ballad of Ion Lupescu, or, 222 Minutes to Live,” a videographic extravaganza by Pieter Schoolwerth and Miguel Abreu. 

For a sneak preview, go to: www.lacan.com/perfume/abreu.htm

This page last updated: 1 June 2006

The Pieter Schoolwerth rollover image on www.saintrapunza.com depicts
Astrid Bonaparte III in Pieter's film "Astrid's Secret Banana."

The Edward Ka-Spel rollover image on the www.saintrapunza.com home page com is taken from a letter/drawing by Pieter Schoolwerth. This drawing, a gift to the tiny shining princess, was a study for his painting "Thee 83 Altered States ov Americka: Chapters 3 & 4," which appeared in the ICA Boston "Gothic" exhibit and is featured at the top of this page.


 

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