D. F. Coleman, independent curator and art historian (on the art of Rich Buckler):
"...drives home the sense of the sublime anguish and delight felt in the presence of some
uncomprehending force greater than the sum total of human experience...
hauntingly authentic art that transcends time and the power of words."
Dr. Akhter Ahsen, eminent psychologist and leading authority on Surrealism, has this to say about the artist:
"A painter whose images are so rich and alive that they seem to unfold with their own grace and poise like
a metaphysical garden eternally flowing, or like visual poetry born of an elegant new language."
Dr. Ahsen, on the visionary aspect of Rich Buckler's work:
"His canvases are icons of the Newness that is
the essence of surrealism. It is as if the past
were somehow revisited by the artist, there to be
synthesized by a secret Universal Quintessence,
and then re-interpreted for the present."
"Not without a sense of humor and a delight in the
irrational and absurd, his art is rich with lucid
commentary on the ordinary and the miraculous...
this is the alchemical world of an artist who is
continually unfolding as a painter and as a person,
a surrealist whose mastery of craft and technique
produces mature visual statements that evoke
positive energy, love and desire, wonderment and
faith and mystery and hope."
Is Salvador Dali...Surrealism?...Is Surrealism the dreams of Dali...? Or did we dream him? Did he really melt Time..? Is it possible for Surrealism to melt Dali?!!
We live in a geometric universe where we are obsessed with measuring everything...yet we know little or nothing about what this universe is made of--curious, is it not?
(this test goes near the painting "Hyperborean Apollo (with Exploded Pyramid")
Pythagoras was known in ancient times as the "Hyperborean Apollo." You can't realy tell very much about people just from
their name--but there are some people whose name says a lot.
The full title of this work is "Hyperborean Apollo (With Exploded Pyramid)." That is, "exploded" in the mathematical (or geometric) sense. Pyramids were named not for their shape or form. The word is actually derived from fire (or light).
There is a whole lot that we don't know about pyramids.
With a solo exhibition in Paris in 2002, the artist made his international debut as an American Surrealist. His work has been critically acclaimed. His first few exhibitions in Manhattan's Chelsea and Soho galleries were favorably received, with his paintings compared to the "early seminal works of Dali and Ernst." He is a member of the Society Of Art Of The Imagination.
# The artist Rich Buckler lives on this planet, but is a multi-dimensional human being that is constantly learning and evolving.
# His main occupation is art; he lives and works in Midtown Manhattan. His hobbies include music, philosophy and the study of human nature.
# He has a cat (a rare hairless feline breed called a sphinx). Her name is Isis.
# His favorite artist is Salvador Dali.
# The artist believes that the greatest living surrealist painter is VALERIY BELENIKIN.
# He has travelled all over the world, and speaks three languages: English, Gibberish and The Green Language.
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Education: School of Life (no degree). Art training: Self-taught.
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