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David Kupferman

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  • ​"My lyric abstract paintings are celebrations of the mystery, magnitude and dynamism of life, an expression of the infinite flow of light and the expansion of inner consciousness. They work on many levels simultaneously: unity in diversity, space and form, light and color, silence and movement, inner and outer awareness. They are informed by both Eastern and Western aesthetics and philosophy and integrates the two.

    They are painted in a spontaneous manner, a kind of joyous improvisational duet with the rhythms of nature, a visual gospel of hymns singing the praise of nature and life. While painting, I listen to Indian Vedic hymns, Indian Ragas or improvisational jazz which helps move the flow of energy where you can feel the rhythms, pulse and vibrating waves of sound expressed in paint. My art becomes a spontaneous performance piece where I improvise along with the musicians as a visual player in the ensemble. The linear, geometric rectangular shapes act as windows or portals that help the viewer move in and out of the picture plane, flowing from outer perception to inner transcendence. They also act as a counterpointal balance to the free flowing gestural strokes of paint. Some of the paintings have references to sea and sky where the boundaries between landscapes and abstracts merge. The ocean and sky are symbols of the all encompassing, infinite flow and power of nature. Many of these paintings were done on or inspired by Cape Cod where sea light has a particular intensity with sublime atmospheric vibrations of lighted skies and rhythmically flowing waves, and also by the expansive Iowa skies over the Plains.

    The paintings are both atmospheric and concrete, flowing back and forth between movement and stability. Each new painting is a joyous revelation creating a discrete world unto itself. Available in Boston and Iowa among other locations."
  • Museum Collections
    Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
    DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
    Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
    Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
    Boston Public Library Art Collection
    Davis Museum, Wellesley College, MA
    McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
    Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
    Provincetown Art Assoc. & Museum, MA
    Stamford Museum & Nature Center, CT
    Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
    The Art Center, Sarasota, FL
    The Art Gallery, UNH, Durham, NH
    Naples Museum of Art, FL
    Krannert Museum of Art, Urbana, IL

    ​Solo Exhibitions
    Reece Galleries, New York  2008
    Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa  13
    Crest Jewel, Fairfield, Iowa  11, 13, 14, 16
    Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa 10
    Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago 07-08
    Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 2004
    Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 2001-02
    Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, 2001, 03, 05, 08
    Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 2003
    Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL 2002
    Cataumet Art Center, Cape Cod 94, 96, 01, 05
    Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia 99
    Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL 97, 99
    Newton Free Library Gallery, MA 88, 99
    Thayer Academy Gallery, Braintree, MA 97
    Swansborough Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 95, 96
    Galerie Mourlot, Boston 92
    Visual Images Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 84, 85
    Unity Gallery, MIU, Fairfield, IA 79, 82
    Harold Ernst Gallery, Boston, 74, 75, 76
    Boston Psychoanalytic Institute 76
    The French Library of Boston 75
    Harvard University, Cambridge 71

    Group Shows & Gallery Representation (partial list)

    ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA 14-
    Crest Jewel, Fairfield, IA 10-
    Moberg Gallery Des Moines, Iowa 11-
    Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 05
    Walker Fine Art, Denver 04-05
    Royal College of Art, London, works on Paper Show,
    Cynthia Corbett Gallery 2001-03
    DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 98-01
    Lydon Fine Art, Chicago 2001-04
    Kent Gallery, Key West, FL 2002-05
    Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA 80, 2000
    Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 95-06
    Reece Gallery, New York 88-03
    Cape Museum of Fine Art, Dennis, MA 94, 95, 02, 03, 04
    Crieger-Dane Gallery, Boston 2000
    Philadelphia  Museum Gallery, 93
    Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago 93-98
    Hokin-Kaufman Gallery, Chicago 92-93
    Helander Gallery, Palm Beach 93-95
    Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco 92-95
    Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago 89-95
    Allene LaPedes Gallery, Santa Fe 88-89
    Joel Kessler Gallery, Miami Beach 93-95
    Jill George Gallery, London 91-2000
    Thumb Gallery, London 86-91
    New Art Center, Newton, MA 80, 92, 93
    The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC 93-02
    Galerie Keller, Paris 86
    Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 92-93
    William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis 92-2000
    Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 88-89
    Andrea Marquit Gallery, Boston 91-2000
    Richard Green Gallery, New York 88-89
    Ianetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco 88-89
    David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC 85-93
    Starr Gallery, JCC, Newton, MA 87, 91, 93
    Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY 83-86, 93
    Wallace-Wentworth gallery, Washington, DC 85-87
    Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York 85-89
    MoosArt Gallery, Miami 84-86
    Ingber Gallery, New York 83-84
    Benjamin-Beattie Gallery, Chicago 79-82
    Aaron Berman Gallery, New York 81-82
    Midtown Gallery, New York 77
    Getler/Pall Gallery, New York 77-79
    Impressions Workshop Gallery, Boston 77
    Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 77-81
    Institute of Contemporary Art, Auction, Boston 74

    Corporate & Private Collections (Partial list)

    The Federal Reserve Banks, Chicago & Boston
    J.P.Morgan Bank, Los Angeles
    First National Bank of Boston
    City Federal Savings & Loan, New York
    Bank Of New England, Boston
    Anatole Hotel, Dallas
    Johns Hopkins Univ. Hospital, Baltimore
    Fidelity Investments, Boston
    NMB Bank, Chicago
    The Gillette Company Headquarters, Boston
    Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles
    Boston University Medical Center
    Frieden & Hirsch, Miami
    Dr. Deepak Chopra
    Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox
    Embassy Suite Hotel, Philadelphia
    Bain & Company, Boston
    Harris Bank, Chicago
    Marriott Hotel, Dallas
    Fiduciary Trust Company, Boston
    Winthrop Financial Associates, Boston
    Dr. John Hagelin, Fairfield, IA
    J.N. Phillips Glass Co., MA
    Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
    Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA
    Sustainable Living Building, MUM, Fairfield, IA
    Astrazeneca R & D, Waltham, MA
    Coverys, Seattle. WA
    Manulife Financial, Boston
    United Fire, Cedar Rapids, IA & Los Angeles
    Laboure College, Milton, MA
    Associated Grant Makers, Boston
    Edward M. Kennedy Health Center, Framingham, MA
    Whidden Hospital, Everett, MA
    Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

    Awarded Grants

    Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2000
    Change, Inc. Robert Rauschenberg’s artist foundation grant 1999
    Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation emergency grant 1999
    Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant 1988

    ​ANCHOR  magazine article, May 20016, Issue #5,  https://view.publitas.com/still-harbor-anchor/anchor_issue-05/page/54


    Subject of one-hour Television Documentary
    Impact: David Kupferman C3TV, MA 1994
    Born in Boston, son of artists Ruth Cobb and Lawrence Kupferman. Studied and apprenticed to his father, Head of the Dept. of Painting, at the Massachusetts College of Art and with sculptor Mirko at Harvard University.  Attended the University Of Wisconsin, Madison and MERU, Switzerland.
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