Check out Curt Brill’s Artwork

Today we’d like to introduce you to Curt Brill.

Curt, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I am primarily a sculptor working in large-scale bronze with an emphasis on the figure. I usually begin the work with clay studies that ultimately get scaled up to life-sized as well as monumental scale works. My work is intended to be a glimpse of how I see the world, a quick passing vision of how the movements of people through their daily lives keep my visual eye stimulated. I like to create work that looks familiar but truly could not exist in the real world. For the most part, the work is monumental in scale and produced in bronze, but my work like my Libran nature, remains a study in contrasts and balance, they are large solid figures that straddle the line between abstraction and realism. The sculptures present themselves in scale as formidable objects but when placed in their settings they soften and appear malleable and transient and approachable.

I grew up in New York, the son of a truck driving father and a painter mother. I knew from an early age that I would be a sculptor having discovered clay at a very early age. My roots are in New York, where I was surrounded by the influences of ever-changing colors, sounds, and scents. The early influences of regular museum visits and live music, theater and dance have set the stage for my lifelong pursuit in the arts. Watching the dance performances of Rudolph Nureyev at an early age and being exposed to the pencil drawings of Vincent Van Gogh and the sculptures of Claes Oldenburg and the music of Benny Goodman and Frank Zappa left lasting impressions that to this day leave traces in my work. Although the work has evolved and morphed through various media the central core has remained figural, probably due to my own forays into the world of dance at a very young age. My work is intended to be a glimpse of how I see the world, a quick passing vision of how the movements of people through their daily lives keep my visual eye stimulated. I like to create work that looks familiar but truly could not exist in the real world.

We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
I do primarily large-scale bronze figural works. The works are loose and gestural with the hopes that are approachable, familiar and universal. I hope that people viewing my work will feel some connection to the sculptures and see some of themselves or others that they know in the work.

Have things improved for artists? What should cities do to empower artists?
I think that basically, the conditions for artists today has changed very little through all of our Human histories. We work and create because we must. The cultural life of a city is one of its greatest assets. Providing venues and helping to encourage involvement and participation with the arts community is the best that we can hope for from our leaders and fellow citizens.

Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
Up until recently, my work has been represented in galleries in San Francisco, Dallas, Miami, and New York. I am maintaining a slightly lower profile lately as my preference has become to work directly with the collectors. So, I am happy to have interested parties contact me directly. A number of my pieces are located in sculpture parks in the US and Canada.

Contact Info:

• Address: 3510 N Iroquois Avenue
• Website: www.curtbrill.com
• Phone: 5208881775
• Email: curtbrill@hotmail.com

Image Credit:
John Sartin Photography

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