JOHN OKULICK |
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Okulick was born in New York City in 1947. He received a B.A. from the University
of California, Santa Barbara and an M.F.A. from the University of California
at Irvine. He resides in southern California. For the past 25 years, Okulick's
materials have orbited around a core of wood: natural sanded pine, redwood
with 1,000 year old bark, wooden sticks, wood that is scored with a drawing
line, wood that is painted in color, wood that is gold-leafed. For many
years, the theme surrounding Okulick's wood framework has been one of illusion
or trompe l'oeil. In his new sculpture and drawing Okulick moves from an
illusionistic space to the space between reality and fantasy. This magical
space in between worlds holds both challenge and fascination for Okulick.
In his new wall sculptures, Okulick combines space age, high tech materials
with wood, gold leaf and paint. Fused cylinders of cast plastic provide
a "fresh" punctuation to pieces filled with spirals and curves.
Okulick has always provided the viewer with a sense of depth, depth of space
based on his ingenious construction of perspective. Sometimes the artist
attenuates the rectangle to exaggerate the perspectival view, at others
he uses a curvilinear system that has become his personal signature. JOHN OKULICK's recent exhibition JOHN OKULICK's Biography |
 John Okulick, LA FENICE, 1997, painted wood, gold-leaf, velvet, 46 x 46 x 7 inches |
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 John Okulick, ALIEN EYES, 1997, painted wood and resin, 39 x 45 x 8 inches |
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 John Okulick, CRADLE, 1998, painted wood and gold-leaf, 24 x 40 x 6 inches |
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