Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Zane Lewis (born 1981, San Antonio, TX) is an American artist and occasional DJ who lives and works in New York.He studied fine art at the School of Visual Arts, The Atlanta College of Art, and Pratt Institute, riding scholarships from school to school ultimately graduating with a BFA in sculpture in 2004 from the (now defunct) Atlanta College of Art. At the time Lewis was the youngest artist ever to exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Georgia, having been commissioned by the museum to create an installation before graduating with his degree.In recent years Lewis has become an elusive figure, often absent from the public eye and distanced from the art world. He’s known to avoid interviews and to have denied reputable collectors studio visits. His own website once stated that he was dead, however this was proven false.Lewis frequently blurs conventional distinctions between painting and sculpture sometimes presenting his work in an installation-type format. For example, Lewis used a unique drip painting technique in which cascades of poured paint leaked from canvases and spilled onto the floor of the exhibition space. Christopher Bollen, Editor of Interview Magazine, called this method of Lewis' "making art bleed." "The artist allows the gash to “bleed” brightly colored paint (which he has applied), in order to express a transient and dying glamor."Lewis was included in the Wall Street Journal article titled "The 23-Year Old Masters," along with Ryan Trecartin and Jordan Wolfson. in a selection of ten top emerging US artists. He has also exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art Party Auction in conjunction with Phillips de Pury and featured as a "Groundbreaker" artist in the Whitney Museum groundbreaking ceremony for the new location in lower Manhattan.Lewis is also a distant cousin of James Dean.. }
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- Zane_Lewis abstract "Zane Lewis (born 1981, San Antonio, TX) is an American artist and occasional DJ who lives and works in New York.He studied fine art at the School of Visual Arts, The Atlanta College of Art, and Pratt Institute, riding scholarships from school to school ultimately graduating with a BFA in sculpture in 2004 from the (now defunct) Atlanta College of Art. At the time Lewis was the youngest artist ever to exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Georgia, having been commissioned by the museum to create an installation before graduating with his degree.In recent years Lewis has become an elusive figure, often absent from the public eye and distanced from the art world. He’s known to avoid interviews and to have denied reputable collectors studio visits. His own website once stated that he was dead, however this was proven false.Lewis frequently blurs conventional distinctions between painting and sculpture sometimes presenting his work in an installation-type format. For example, Lewis used a unique drip painting technique in which cascades of poured paint leaked from canvases and spilled onto the floor of the exhibition space. Christopher Bollen, Editor of Interview Magazine, called this method of Lewis' "making art bleed." "The artist allows the gash to “bleed” brightly colored paint (which he has applied), in order to express a transient and dying glamor."Lewis was included in the Wall Street Journal article titled "The 23-Year Old Masters," along with Ryan Trecartin and Jordan Wolfson. in a selection of ten top emerging US artists. He has also exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art Party Auction in conjunction with Phillips de Pury and featured as a "Groundbreaker" artist in the Whitney Museum groundbreaking ceremony for the new location in lower Manhattan.Lewis is also a distant cousin of James Dean.".