Artist Abstract:
The paintings of German artist Stefan Kürten depict the environments we create in our tenacious attempt to make life perfect.



Chic mid-century homes, picturesque bungalows, meticulously manicured landscapes and resort architecture evidence the dazzling promise of economic prosperity in the post-World War II West. These are bright, clean, thoughtfully-designed places. Safe and happy places. The imagery is fabricated from Kürten’s own snapshots of California and Northern Europe or from ubiquitous “shelter porn.” The scenes seem to glow with a soft, golden, interior light – an effect achieved through the use of metallic gold pigment in the foundational layers of the paintings – that adds to their sense of harmony and richness.