David Goerk

David Goerk's work reveals an ongoing exploration of the object and pictorial attitudes—and keeps painting and sculpture in dynamic equilibrium. Each of his works possesses a magnetic and mysterious quality. Over the years, he has used encaustic wax as both a painting medium and a sculptural element. He brushes on and casts the wax, sometimes within the same piece. He often uses wood, with gesso, enamel, encaustic, oil, as a base. Painting and sculpture are not trying to be defined here; rather, there is an impulse is to make an object in itself, with its own powers.  The idea of painting and the act of painting, as well as the variability of viewpoint afforded in most sculpture, seem to be sifting through and forward, with process itself remaining quite clear. In fact, clarity itself may be the subject. 

David Goerk received a BFA from Philadelphia College of Art, (1975) and an MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington (1977). He has exhibited in the United States and Europe.  His work is included in many public and private collections—-including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rutgers University, Edward Albee Collection, Arcadia University and the Panza di Biumo Collection (Italy).

Courtesy of Silas von Morisse Gallery