Stephen Mueller ORCHIDACEOUS at HUNTER COLLEGE ART GALLERIES

James Kalm scoots to the West Side and drops in to the Hunter College Art Galleries to bring viewers along for a walking tour of “Stephen Mueller: Orchidaceous”, the most comprehensive survey of the late artist’s works. Mueller (1947 - 20011) was one of a loose group of painters who went against the grain of conceptualism and minimalism to maintain their commitment to abstract painting. This retrospective focuses on a period when the artist develops his unique vision, and produces a body of painting that remains singular and influential. Curator Carrie Moyer gives a brief interview, and appreciation of Mueller’s project, and his mastery of acrylic painting techniques. This program was recorded Sept. 13, 2018

[@johnsandy9048]

Stephen Mueller is a master in his use of acrylic paint. I can see his influence in the works of Carrie Morrie, who's also able to do magical things with acrylic paint. Thanks James for introducing this execellent painter to your followers.

[@culturefan]

Carrie Morrie? I can't find her work anywhere. Do you have a link to her art?

[@tonsfocus]

Top notch opening song - hilarious, and totally loved it! As for the art - I'd also throw in Shirley Kaneda as an artist from the same generation engaging in a quite similar vein of work. Thanks thanks! James and Kate...

[@MikeWitmerNatureJournal]

Enjoyed seeing this. Every generation has those really great painters who are known but overshadowed by flashy, trendy ones. Recall first seeing his work in a Biennial in the 1980s. At that time he was using rectangles and floating them in fields of acrylic stained into canvas as I recall. Something like Hans Hofmann. Excellent stuff here. Thank You.

[@culturefan]

Thanks James these were a wonderful discover for me and to look at, as I never had heard of him before.

[@urideamabal]

Wow! I could only imagine the time and skill that went into producing these wonderful works. 🎨

[@sonnycorbi1970]

This one is the BOMB James - Thank You sooo Much and the gal that put the show together - If it wasn’t for her this Artist would have slipped thru the crack, Again Thanks !!

[@barbarasenglaub1655]

Incredible show! Love Stephen's work. I agree with your assessment that he fits in with the earlier transcendentalist painters. Thanks James!

[@TheBillybobbbbb]

Thanks for another great vid! A variety of excellent work. A little bit of all!

[@johnjones3714]

Thanks James for another informative as well as entertaining video

[@gavinyates9189]

Thank you Kate, thank you everybody.

[@Art_Travel_and_Hobbys]

Nice paintings...👍

[@Billart]

Really fine coverage a very talented artist who excelleled in a wide variety of techniques & extremely subtle effects assembling them together into a pure new language.of possibilities. Liked your take of Stephen being a transcendalist. I’d videoed a few of His shows over Fanellies in SoHo believe Betty Cunningham in the mid to late 90’s.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Thank you Kate

[@sonnycorbi1970]

He dry/fan brushes the background then layers in the opaque, geo mass free form. (He resonates with Miro) - He doesn’t over work his talent - Still there is a redundancy in his overall collection. - I’ve watched this video twice now and I am going to watch it the third time - right now :-)

[@culturefan]

I wondered how you knew he dry brushes the backgrounds as they look like washes. To me it looks like he uses stencils for the top masses, but both are just a guess. I've tried to find more about him on the web, but haven't found much.

[@donemigholzjr.7344]

Very nice later day Transcendental

[@bil_chamberlin]

Very cool stuff, reminds me of Hilma af Klint

[@chezceleste]

Orchidaceous probably means "Ballsy". Thank you Kate.

[@joeson7700]

Glad Camera showed details, more so if PRICES was SHOWN too ?.

[@davidbacon9223]

liked all the small paintings! (25).......... great ART for outside walls of a HOMELESS sidewalk shack, Jack!

[@adamsabolick3878]

Agnes Pelton

[@larsetom1]

Some parts remind me of Thomas Nozkowski.

[@pjr5913]

haha the kid doing slim shady does him better

[@gavinyates9189]

Thank you Kate, thank you everybody.