“(Steven Silverstein’s) work thoroughly adapts photographic means to painterly ends - relying on the very slight, almost unnoticeable slippage between the two media’s respective factures to provide a mental buzz, a sneaking or sudden realization that what we’re seeing is not quite what we’re seeing... ”
SELECTED ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
Utopia (group exhibition) - October 20 - November 26, 2023, Janssen Artspace Gallery, Palm Springs, California.
Group exhibit with a few abstract photographs on canvas from the Civic Experiment project, a notion about the impact that city and suburban planning has on communities and society. View more from this series →
Utopia exhibit at Janssen Artspace Gallery in Palm Springs with High Beam (in the window), an abstract photograph printed with archival pigment inks on canvas, framed. Edition of 3. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
Domsmiren (doms-mi-re’n) (group exhibition) - April 15 - May 16, 2021, Janssen Artspace Gallery, Palm Springs, California.
Group exhibit with three abstract photographs from the Tribal series. Printed on rag paper with hand-torn edges, in situ they have watercolor-like textures that are more painterly than photographic. View more from this series →
Domsmiren (doms-mi-re’n) exhibit at Janssen Artspace Gallery in Palm Springs (L to R): Superstition, Spirits In The Wind, Rain Dance. Abstract photographs, archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand-torn edges. Editions of 5 each. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
A Modern High (group exhibition) - February 14 - March 15, 2020, Janssen Artspace Gallery, Palm Springs, California. (CLOSED early due to Covid-19 pandemic).
Group exhibit with nine abstract photographs from the Civic Experiment project, favoring forms and shapes beyond the limits of the canvas.
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A Modern High exhibit at Janssen Art Space gallery in Palm Springs (L to R on walls): Reflections in Case Study, Sunset on Frey’s Rocks, Suburban Intervention, Playground, Garden Cities, Step Across My Brown Grass, Causeway, Utopia. Abstract photographs, archival pigment inks on canvas. Editions of 3 each. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
(L to R) Causeway and Utopia. Abstract photographs, archival pigment inks on canvas. Editions of 3 each. © Steven Silverstein. All rights Reserved.
Civic Experiment (solo exhibition) - December 2, 2017 - January 20, 2018, presented by Artisseur (art + architecture), Los Angeles, California.
The Civic Experiment project began in 2014 as an on-going, non-objective photographic exploration of light, colors, forms and symbols. At some point, a theme emerged from concern with the way in which cities and suburbs are constructed, governed and experienced. Artist statement →
Civic Experiment solo exhibit in conjunction with Artisseur, in Angeles. (L to R): Utopia, On the Boulevard, Left Behind, Reflections in Case Study, Causeway. Abstract photographs, archival pigment inks on canvas. Editions of 3 each. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
Sense of Space: Split House Project - October 8, 2015 (reception) - February 1, 2016, presented by Michael Kovac & Associates, Santa Monica, California.
5 abstract photographs were selected by architectural firm Michael Kovac & Associates, in conjunction with the release of Michael Webb’s book "Sense of Space: Elements of California Modernism" (Pepperdine University Press). Additional information →
On the Boulevard. Abstract photographs, archival pigment inks on canvas. Edition of 3 © Steven Silverstein. All rights Reserved.
(L to R) Haywire, Tangerine Dream, Spaces Within II. Abstract photographs, archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand-torn edges. Edition of 5 each. ©Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
I See You Exhibition (invitational group exhibition) - January 10 - June 10, 2015, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas.
Running concurrent with the 50th Anniversary of the national Voting Rights Act of 1965, six artists were invited and recognized in a Texas Senate Resolution on March 10, 2015 for their support of human and civil rights through artistic expression. Two abstract photographs were selected, the only photography in the exhibit. Additional information →
Right On. Abstract photograph, archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand-torn edges. Edition of 5. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
The Art of Living Well (group exhibition) - September 25 (installation); November 19, 2014 (reception) - JW Marriott Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Exhibition for the new gallery’s permanent collection included two abstract photographs, along with a curation of paintings and photography by local, national and international artists Additional information →
Abstract photographs (L to R) Black Queen. Archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand-torn edges. Spaces Within II. Archival pigment inks on canvas. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
Schrodinger's Math: Observe + Decide (2-person exhibition) - April 24 - June 21, 2014, Esperson Gallery, Houston, Texas.
This was the first exhibition of abstract photographic works on paper, an exploration of the interaction of space, form and color, and its effects on human perception. Since they confuse traditional photographic boundaries with their appearance of brush-stroked textures and painterly illusion, traditional photographic black frames were used to convey that they are, in fact, photographs. Artist Statement →
Black Queen. Abstract photograph, archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand torn edges. Edition of 5. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
Tangerine Dream. Abstract photograph, archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand-torn edges. Edition of 5. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
(L to R) Haywire, Runway, Spaces Within II. Abstract photograph, archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand-torn edges. Edition of 5 each. © Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.
(L to R) Right On, Winnowing III. Abstract photographs, archival pigment inks on rag paper, hand-torn edges. Edition of 5 each.
© Steven Silverstein. All rights reserved.