"Apollonian" — 2007, 50 x 38 in., watercolor graphite and colored pencil on paper
"Pax Romana"
2006
50 x 38 in
Watercolor, graphite and colored pencil on paper
"Edenville"
2007
50 x 38 in
graphite watercolor and colored pencil on paper
"Veil"
Begun 2010 - in progress
58 x 144 in.
Watercolor and graphite on paper
"Veil" detail
Begun 2010 - in progress
58 x 144 in.
Watercolor and graphite on paper
"The News from Poems"
2006
68 x 50 in
Graphite and watercolor on paper
"Bell"
2006
30 x 22 in
graphite on paper
"Frontier"
2009
59 x 119 in.
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
"Frontier" detail
2009
59 x 119 in.
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
"Whip"
2006
30 x 22 in
Graphite on paper
"Compound"
2007
80 x 82 in.
Watercolor, graphite and colored paper on paper
"Compound" detail
2007
80 x 82 in.
Watercolor, graphite and colored paper on paper
"Viewer"
2006
30 x 22 in
Graphite on paper
Statement:
I am most interested in charged human situations. This interest is reflected through various means; sometimes by portraying a particular moment or event, but more often by showing the moment before or after an action which is only partially named or specified. I'm more interested in the suggestion of narrative possibilities than in clearly resolved linear narratives, though it seems important that certain details (i.e. gestures, expressions, clothing, object types) remain quite specific.
Things come into my work from a variety of sources and processes. There is a constant shifting between the imagined and the observed. Often these are combined and result in a fusion of differing qualities: stoicism and vulnerability, absurd comedy and overwrought tragedy, the banal and the bizarre.
I always have been interested in drawing. There is something about the directness and precision of drawing which seems most suited to my concern with engaging the viewer. Also I am drawn to the dual quality that very large drawings contain; namely a sense of epic grandeur and at the same time a sense of intimacy that the drawn mark inevitably carries.
My work references older artists like Bosch and Bruegel. At the same time the work has a contemporary starkness and edgy humor, both of which root it in these times. I feel both qualities are important in creating work, which speaks insightfully of the present and yet also remains universal and able to communicate to future generations.
To view more of Joe's work, please go to: Joe Biel
Joe Biel is a visual artist working primarily in two-dimensional media. He received an MFA in Painting from the University of Michigan and is currently on the faculty at California State University Fullerton. He has shown with Roberts and Tilton Gallery and LA Louver Gallery in Los Angeles and with Galerie Kuckei/Kuckei in Berlin. He has been awarded residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE , at the 18th St Arts Center in Santa Monica. He was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation award in 2003 and again in 2008. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
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