The Art of Dale Dreiling: An Interview with Michael C. Hsiung

12/19/11

An Interview with Michael C. Hsiung

I love to see friends get high profile recognition for doing great things. This post on Michael C. Hsiung is such a perfect example. You can read the full interview here. Interview reposted via Hi-Fructose. Enjoy!

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Dale Dreiling was born in 1975. Raised in Ventura, CA, he grew up 60 miles north of Los Angeles.

Growing up heavily influenced by Rick Griffin and Raymond Pettibon, his earliest artistic endeavours were in designing flyers, logos and graphics for his and other friend's punk bands. In 1999, he moved to San Francisco and enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute, earning a BFA in painting in 2001.

In a material sense, his primary medium is acrylic paint on canvas and panel because, though the earth is natural, it is a plastic world we live in. The limitations and allowances of the medium are reflective of the opportunity and limitations of daily life and how we individually react to these boundaries.

Aesthetically and conceptually, his work is an amalgamation of historical art and it's effect on his approach and his own personal attempts to affect, or at least contribute to, it's forward progress and continuation.

Human nature is a hybrid of both the spiritual and the material worlds, a byproduct of the past, and a conduit for the future. If you understand this, then his art is for you. If you don't, then it is not.

In addition, he is a published illustrator and designer, focusing on print and apparel graphics. He currently lives and works in South Pasadena.

All original artwork is for sale unless otherwise noted. For price, purchase and exhibition inquiries, click here.

All images are infinitely © Dale Dreiling, unless otherwise noted.

QUOTES

"Dale Dreiling takes inspiration from the everyday occurrences in Los Angeles, highlighting icons that are often overlooked, from street vendors and other characters, to liquor stores, swap meets, and catering trucks. Though his paintings bring color and focus to those images that go unnoticed, his subjects are often eerily faceless. Perhaps this is just for the sake of anonymity, or maybe Dreiling is attesting to the idea that we are not as different from others as we think."
-Beautiful Decay

"Dale Dreiling’s…post-post-modernist setting of work is well composed and evokes a sense of anomie, or human detachment from reality. The judicious "less is more" use of color…lends a surreal quality to his take on "Post-Pop” urban expressionism. His…voyeuristic eye takes a banal scene and puts it into an emotional context. He…finds beauty in the mundane …taking the everyday and painting it in a way that transcends mere still life-or figurative art."
-Rick Manore
(Founder, ©POP Gallery)

"Dale Dreiling makes paintings that look like a caffinated meth addict coke fiend painted them with his feet."
I Like Pretty Paintings
(Online Art Critic)

"I don't think it would be easy to get all zooted and paint with you feet."
Christopher Vena
(Artist)

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