Engel & Völkers Kansas City Presents Local Artist Dean Kube

Kansas City MO

20 January, 2022

11:30 AM

Description

Kansas City’s local Engel & Völkers Real Estate Shop will host the art of Local Artist Dean Kube from now until the end of February, hosting a ‘Meet the Artist’ Open House event on February 11th, 2022 from 5-8 pm, located at 5255 W 116th Place, Leawood, KS. Several of Kube’s latest masterpieces are displayed throughout the boutique shop for all of Park Place foot traffic and he will be at the event to meet guests, get to know them and to talk about his artwork and his process as an artist. Creating contemporary abstract portraits is an expression of self-reflection and paying homage to the beautiful uncertainty of life for Dean Kube. Specializing in capturing humility and vulnerability through the energy and physicality of his subjects. Kube paints these invisible yet palpable energies using intentionally unfamiliar tools and emotive gestures that honor this co-sharing of self-reflection between painter, subject, and viewer. In turn, his paintings depict both unique individuals and the dynamism of personhood. Constructing this collaborative self-reflection across three perspectives requires a personal connection with his subjects. Kube uses paint as a conduit to channel and capture this connection and to create a bridge to the viewer. By approaching his subjects from a place of self-reflective observation and reverence he closely examines the unnamable— the honest, raw, unabashed, and precarious aspects of living. Then, viewers can bring their own life experiences and histories into these visual narratives. The beauty of his practice comes from the individual interpretation that develops within the minds of those viewing and experiencing the creations. Each painting begins from a place of ecstatic uncertainty and a desire to work through the unknown and to follow the guidance of the energy perceived in a person or moment. His greatest source of inspiration is in life’s ambiguity: mistakes, bumps, and blemishes are what makes life rich with texture and experience. His chosen medium is acrylic on birch because he wants to work with tools that feel unfamiliar. This unfamiliarity fosters an unsystematic painting approach that can better capture energy in an honest and expressive way. From traditional paint brushes and acrylic paint, to printmaking rollers and charcoal; using a wide array of materials and tools in this manner allows for mishaps and missteps to naturally occur in the process. This takes the original vision to places he could never preplan for. It is in this experimentation that his work truly begins to reveal itself and the energy of the subject can begin to resonate and take shape. There is power in embracing the struggle that working with paint presents. By working through each painting in layers and embracing uncertainty, the process mirrors the struggles of everyday life and further nourishes the narrative of the painting. This engages viewers in the immediacy of the work and it offers them permission to create a personal sense of meaning within the piece. These infinitely colorful interpretations replenish personal energy and self-reflection and in turn propel his creative process. The cyclical nature of this process and the intimacy garnered across these fields of self-reflection are how he finds and makes meaning of the fleeting moments and malleable energies in the world. Kube’s pieces are displayed throughout the year at Weinberger Fine Art in the Crossroads District. Kim Weinberger can be contacted at 816.301.4428 and you can learn more about the gallery here: http://www.weinbergerfineart.c... Kube graduated from Kansas City Art Institute in 1993, and has since been featured in many exhibitions, had many solo exhibitions, and won many awards across the United States. His latest three group exhibitions in 2021 were: H&R Block Art Space at KCAI, Kansas City Flat File, Kansas City, MO, Carter Art Center, Kansas City, MO, and Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA. Learn more about Kube and browse through his work at http://www.deankube.com/ Engel & Völkers opened its shop location in Kansas City in August of 2020. Engel & Völkers global network is made up of more than 700 brokerages spanning 36 countries, offering both private and institutional clients a professionally tailored range of luxury services. Our Kansas City Shop, having opened in August of 2020, is growing and gaining recognition throughout Kansas City at a rapid pace. The unique shop concept and luxury service at all price points provides a refreshing, new take on Kansas City Real Estate. Hosting local artists with pop-up galleries is one unique way Engel & Völkers embraces the local community and lifestyle. For more information: Engel & Völkers Kansas City 5255 W 116th Place [email protected] https://kansascity.evrealestat... 913-900-0001