Title: American Horse
Media: Acrylic & Ink on Bed Sheet
Dimensions: 104"x 84"
Date: 2014
Biography: Brad Kahlahamer was born in Tucson Arizona. He was an adopted child & never knew his biological parents. He was exposed in his early years to the work of the late Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia, a local eccentric, who was know for images of Native American children. Brad is also known as a musician & played the guitar.
Statement: "Mr. Kahlahamers admiration for abstract expressionism is evident in his work." "His paintings are scattered across the surface in a swirl of forms."
Background: His work represents As Kahlhamer explains "[My work] is all about what I call a third place. . . .I'm adopted so there was another life available to me which might have been on a reservation or with my natural parents, whom I've yet to find. Then there's the life that I've lived, which is the adopted life. The third life is melding these two first lives with lots of fantasy, and that's what many of my paintings are about. It's this combination of history, fantasy, and personal revelation."
Connection: My theme of Childhood Memories is represented by Kahlhamers creation & the meaning of his art through his childhood relation.
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