Friday, June 13, 2014

Alexander Koleszar A Re Owned Artist

By Kenya Campos


Alex is a popular artist who discovered his talent for painting at early stages. He lived in Michigan where he studied. His great talent and interest in painting made him recognized since he was young. After doing his first 30 canvases he was recommended for to take part in an exhibition in Michigan. By then Alexander Koleszar had not even completed his seventh degree. It was unfortunate that he had to deal with cruelty of other children at that tender age. It made him hide his talent to avoid negative attention from his peers.

Twenty years later, he went through one of the most challenging moments in his life. There was an AIDS epidemic where he witnessed a number of his friends get infected and die. While going through the trauma he decided to rededicate himself again to his work as an artist. This decision was one of the steps to emotional and physical recovery.

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.

Although Alex was becoming successful in his works, he decided to venture in classical paintings and also learn drawing techniques in 1994. In order to grow in this new field he put aside arts work and even enrolled classes for classical painting.

He concentrated in his work and wanted to build himself before he can start participating in exhibitions. In 1996 Alex was invited in county Museum to show his works. During the exhibition period he become more popular for his talent such that people tagged him the new emerging artist. With time he was invited for an exhibition in a Biennale.

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.

All the works of Koleszar evidenced his passion for his work and his commitment to deal with critical issues in the society. All his works referenced vital issues in the community such as wars that took place during Bush Administration and Enron scandals. Some of the art work addressed addiction and recovery of West Hollywood community. He helped solve critical issues in the society indirectly through exposing them in his paintings.

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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