Evolution: Genesis, Summer 2023, #8
The evolution of Genesis, Summer 2023, #8; the other artworks in this series of 2’x4′ paintings are: #1, #2, #3, #4.
Evolution: Genesis, Summer 2023, #4
The evolution of Genesis, Summer 2023, #4; the other artworks in this series of 2’x4′ paintings are: #1, #2, #3, #8.
Evolution: Genesis, Summer 2023, #3
The evolution of Genesis, Summer 2023, #3; the other artworks in this series of 2’x4′ paintings are: #1, #2, #4, #8.
Evolution: Genesis, Summer 2023, #2
The evolution of Genesis, Summer 2023, #2; the other artworks in this series of 2’x4′ paintings are: #1, #3, #4, #8.
Evolution: Genesis, Summer 2023, #1
Ari was commissioned to create a 2’x4′ artwork for a specific living room. He worked on several canvases of that size simultaneously, over many months. Below is the evolution of the one chosen to fulfill the commission, which is also the first one of the series that was finished
Evolution: Genesis, Summer ’22 Trio
Bridget Hardy commissioned a trio of paintings in 2020, after the catastrophic fire in the Ivy Building studio. Upon moving to the new studio space in the California Building, Ari began working on a quartet of four 20″x16″ canvases.
A talk by Aribert Munzner in Jan 19, 2017.
The law firm of Segal, Brill, Greupner, and Foster commissioned a large 5’x8′ mural for their office. This series of images shows the year-long process of its completion. Ari began working on two large canvases simultaneously
This painting transmuted through several stages: it was overpainted atop a cropped section of a Scanamural of a painting. The work transformed from a microorganism to a cosmological big bang.
In the early 1980s Ari began to experiment with the 3M BFA Computer Paint System, a very early computer paint system that predates the personal computer revolution. Ari was one of three artists who were invited to play with the pre-release system, and he continued to work with it for over a decade.
Genesis 83-1 Visual Vocabulary
In the microdrawings, Ari developed a visual vocabulary that is embedded within the matrix of the iconographic layering in the painting Genesis 83-1. The two themes that coexist are the logical and intellectual control of science vs. the intuitive mysticism of metaphysics.
Between 1969 and 1971, Ari worked on a suite of 12 microdrawings using a crow quill and india ink on Strathmore paper. He tried to focus upon entering the worlds of microbiology, particle physics, and astrophysics through the drawing medium.