Virgil Grotfeldt 274,296

"The sixteen oil paintings on X-ray scans, that this exhibition of artistic ability Virgil Grotfeldt's covers of the deepest human statement in a personal and original way to confirm. They are a continuation of a long career as a painter and closed under the exceptional conditions. Grotfeldt has a cancer patient for a number of years, and he asked, cheekily, that confirm the title of this exhibition, Virgil Grotfeldt, 274,296, his patients, the numberHouston's University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The patient was first assigned to number 274,296 in 1993 Grotfeldt. Additional, the ground on which he has used his oil paints are MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans of his own brain, a recording of his long battle with lymphatic disorders. This gesture alone is a personal first recorded since the brain in the art of painting scans virtually unknown until now. "Jim Edwards / curator Grotfeldt Virgil is an establishedworking artist's in the world, including New York City, Amsterdam, and China. Undoubtedly one of the most prolific and poetic Grotfeltd artist straddling the 20th and 21 Century. Born in 1948 in Decatur, Illinois, Virgil received MFA in 1974 from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA. He lives and works in Houston, Texas, as Assistant Professor at the Art Houston Baptist University.



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