Andres Sandoval

www.dyektai.com

Artist Statement
In my presentation for Drive-By-Art I chose to focus on the work I have made based on paintings from Art History. These works pay homage to the great paintings of the past, and have been refashioned anew. We need to remember where we have been. It is the base of our future and needs to be studied. When we emerge from this pandemic we should also learn from the past. We should step forward with purpose and care, growing our love for the old earth, and building wiser in our gratitude for the new.

Biography
Darius Yektai was born in 1973 in Southampton, New York. He studied science and art at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, and then received his bachelor of arts degree in Art History from the American University in Paris in 1996. Mr. Yektai has shown internationally in London and Dubai and has had several solo shows in New York and in the Hamptons including a solo survey of his early work at Guild Hall Museum in Easthampton in 2003, and then again more recently at the museum in the group show, ‘Yektai’ with his father Manoucher Yektai and his brother Nico Yektai in 2017. He will open his exhibition “Darklight” at Duck Creek Arts Center in Springs on September 5. The exhibition brings together six large scale dark self portraits to create a meditative space for the contemplation of humanity.

www.almondzigmund.com

Artist Statement
My work is an exploration of tension, gesture, form and space. Using patterns and forms that I collect from various sources, industrial and domestic, I create structures, objects and tableaus that speak of a re-negotiated relationship of viewer to object and plane. By playing with perspective and manipulating the tension between flat color, form, and the implied three dimensional illusion, I can create a space which is complex yet simple, a space that is defined by our reactions and the visceral connection to basic principles of the art object: form color, line, space. By using simple geometry I seek to reframe the dialogue between the perceived and the actual, and in doing so investigate the nature of art and its relationship to life, a relationship that challenges us to re-investigate our positions and understanding of our own relative spatial security and grasp. To this end, working on a large scale and in public venues gives me the opportunity to play with these concepts. Whether spaces that people traverse without incident: a parking garage or corridor, or gather in with purpose: an educational center or restaurant, I am able to create a visceral and sensory experience through thoughtful and unexpected placement of form, color and pattern.

Biography
Originally from Brooklyn, Zigmund received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in both New York and Paris. She later earned her MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she studied art theory and criticism with the MacArthur Award-winning critic Dave Hickey. Zigmund’s work has been exhibited internationally for the past two decades including shows in Zurich, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Columbus. Her work has been selected for shows curated by Dave Hickey, Robert Storr, David Pagel, David Adamo, Andrea Grover, Rolf Staub, and Steven Criqui, among others. Zigmund currently lives and works in East Hampton, NY and has been represented by the Rebecca Ibel Contemporary Art Matters since 2005.