DAVID WIEN
German Jazz

March 29 to May 13, 2018

Ampersand is pleased to present German Jazz, a solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture by David Wien. Marking the end of a solitary period living and working in rural Northern California, these new pieces again present his unique language of abstract form and simple shape. While in some cases suggestive of recognizable objects, the paintings more often allude to a feeling one can’t fully explain, a sensation, the essence of a memory, an inside joke. This notion is echoed in his sculptural forms, influenced as much by the materiality of the found redwood he carves as the shapes in his mind. 

David Wien lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. His prints, wood carvings and paintings have been widely exhibited, including Foreign Languages at Ampersand in Spring, 2016. 

German Jazz, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas in artist-made frame
30 x 24 in.
Inquire >

Smile, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas in artist-made frame
24 x 30 in.
Inquire >

Composition, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas in artist-made frame
24 x 20 in.
Inquire >

Jr., 2018
Redwood, oils and polyurethane
10 x 8 x 3 inches
Inquire >

Western Scene, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas in artist-made frame
36 x 36 in.
Inquire >

The Hero, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas in artist-made frame
24 x 20 in.
Inquire >

Priest, 2018
Redwood, oils and polyurethane
17 1/2 x 8 x 3 in.
Inquire >

Deconstructed Figure, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas in artist-made frame
30 x 40 in.
Inquire >

Flower, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas in artist-made frame
48 x 48 in.
Inquire >