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These paintings are figurative-abstract expressionist acrylic
on canvas pieces derived from obscure moments in cinema. Erich Kuersten is a film critic and writer who uses painting
to reflect the passage of time that normally does not touch the image of film. "You see a film as a child and then 30 years
later your eyes are not the same eyes that saw the film," Erich notes. "so is the image in the film the same?" Kuersten's
work creates a Dorian Gray-ish realm of decay and cinematic dissolution that also harkens back to the days before DVD, before
even cable, when movies had to be coaxed--"ghosted"-- into existence via a UHF antennae, a world Kuersten remembers well from
childhood. ---
Mario Lenzo, Art Community March 2003
Jaws - Widescreen (2004, Acrylic on canvas,
24 x 40 ins)
Brief Encounter (2004, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 34 ins)
Nightmare Alley - Detail (2005, Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 40 ins)
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