Trained in art in Albania, Joseph Kote relocated to Greece to further pursue his artistic endeavors. Finally he crossed the Atlantic to live in Toronto and now resides in New York leaving his impressionable mark upon the art world everywhere he has lived. He has an abstract expressive style rendered almost entirely with the strokes of a broad paintbrush that bring to life a beautiful balance of uniquely muted tones and warm brilliant highlights. Find more about him below or on our website: www.hansongalleryfineart.com.
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| Summertime II |
In 1964, a star was born. In the scenic port town of Vlore, Albania, modern master Josef Kote emerged eager to share his unique vision with the world. Kote began a journey towards artistic self-discovery in his youth and never looked back. Discovering his artistic talent at the tender age of 14, Kote entered a competition to secure a spot at a prestigious art school. He was subsequently accepted into ''The National Lyceum of Arts” in Tirana, where he began in earnest to pursue his traditional European Art school education. He studied there for four years.
Desperate to turn his passion into a viable career, and knowing the importance of further training, Kote decided to take his talent to university. He entered another competition and was again awarded entry, this time at the “Academy of Fine Arts of Tirana.” In 1988, Kote graduated from the Academy, receiving his Diploma in Painting and Scenography. The same year, Kote also produced a small but well-received animated film entitled “lisi.”
In 1990, he relocated to Greece and began working as a freelance visual artist. In this new environment, Kote’s style evolved and flourished. During the decade he resided in Greece, Kote was acknowledged by numerous prestigious artists, as well as public and private collectors. His elevated status in the art world led to many great commissions. In the year 2000, for example, Kote was commissioned by the Greek community of Toronto to paint the likeness of the visiting President of Greece, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.
Always looking to widen his scope, Kote moved to Toronto immediately following the infamous Stephanopoulos commission. Toronto proved an easy transition for the artist. Not one to wait for good fortune to fall in his lap, Kote took to the streets right away, marching into Toronto’s top galleries.
For the next ten years, Kote continued to garner critical acclaim. The artist saw his dream develop before his very eyes; the fruits of decades of labor fully realized. In 2009, he began his most recent artistic and spiritual journey, and for the third time, completely uprooted himself. He landed in The Big Apple, one of the greatest hubs for cultural and artist expression there is.
Today, Kote still resides and paints in New York City. But who knows what beautiful permutations the future holds for one of modern art’s greatest voices.
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Jaline Pol has been featured in our gallery for close to a decade and has been loved and collected by visitors from all over the world. She has a remarkable passion for life that is clearly reflected in her use of vibrant colors and the intense dimensionality of her work. Having been classically trained at the same school of Impressionism that Degas, Renoir, and Monet were trained, Jaline Pol takes the patient medium of oil paint to a whole new level in an active seizing of the moment through use of a pallet knife. Learn more about her below and at our website: www.hansongalleryfineart.com.
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| Emotion of Happiness |
The reaction to Jaline Pol's work is immediate and intense. She is one of the finest contemporary French impressionists of our time. Jaline has been influenced by many of the places where she visited or lived. These places include France, Cameroon, New Caledonia, the Middle East and Bora Bora. JalinePol was born in Northern France in 1946.
She studied at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. Her colors are bright and daring. A myriad of warm tones catch the eye and bring a smile to the face of the beholder. They evoke and provoke a happy mood.
Some of her bouquet paintings are almost monochrome in which she experiments with various tones and shades of a color, highlighting and reinforcing each one through the 'contrast' with another nuance. Her colors represent the seasons: spring yellows, summery reds, autumnal ochre and sienna, winter blues and whites. These latter 'cold colors' are particularly effective as they create a reposeful, comforting ambience that is pleasing to the spirit.
JalinePol works exclusively with a palette knife which renders a three dimensional relief, giving the illusion of sculpted paint. She masters thick layers of paint on the smallest to the largest of surfaces, from the leaf of a flower to the vast expanse of meadow. One is attracted to the tactile nature of her works and this often provokes a desire to 'pick the flowers'. She even taught palette knife technique at group workshops in her hometown of Lille, France.
Realism goes hand in hand with illusion and fleeting impressions. One could be walking through a field of poppies and yet it is almost as if you can see the wind. Her style is inspired by the great masters of the Impressionist movement, but has evolved and developed giving her works a unique, original feel and touch. Movement suffuses her works. They exude the dynamism of marching armies, rippling waters, swaying cornfields and dancing flowers.
JalinePol's talent knows no bounds - skillful use of her technique, harmonious mélange of colors and thought-provoking, poetic titles. Nothing is left to chance. Her artistic mastery is confirmed in her career of over 30 years.
For questions or more information please email us info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.
Archie Held is a world renowned metal facbricator that we recently had the pleasure of carrying in our gallery. He is well known for his water walls and water sculpture for private and public displays but he has created hundreds of sculptures in various metals from steel to bronze. He works closely with his clients and has an astute eye for perfection in each commission he executes. Seen here is "Plum" which we carry right here in the gallery. Below is some information about Archie Held from our website, www.hansongalleryfineart.com, and some of his commissions he has done throughout the world.
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| Father and Son |
Archie Held is an internationally recognized artist who has been creating sculpture since the late 1970s. He studied at UCLA for both his graduate and undergraduate degrees. The Archie Held Studio, founded in 1985 and based in Richmond, California, has produced over 500 pieces of artwork and currently employs a team of 10 talented artists and metal fabricators. Archie works primarily in bronze and stainless steel; water is often used as a central element to further complement the simple and elegant designs. The appeal of his tranquil creations has led to several private as well as public art commissions. He enjoys working with clients on custom site-specific projects and welcomes collaborations with designers and architects.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Kips Bay Court, New York, NY
St. Anthony’s Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK
Brittania Oyster Point, South San Francisco, CA
San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX
Charles Krug Winery, St Helena, CA
University of Arts and Science of Oklahoma, Chickasha, OK
Sacramento City Hall, Sacramento, CA
Avalon Towers, San Francisco, CA
Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa, CA
Beringer Vineyards, Napa, CA
Vichon Winery, Napa, CA
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey, San Francisco, CA
Sky Tokyo Club, Tokyo, Japan
Playboy Mansion, Los Angeles, CA
Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong
Hilton Hotel, Tucson, AZ
Hyatt Regency, Scottsdale, AZ
Harrah’s Resort Casino, NV
Harrah’s Resort Casino, LA
Orchard Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, CA
Auberge du Soleil Resort, Napa, CA
Chevron Texaco Headquarters, San Ramon, CA
W. W. Grainger World Headquarters, Chicago, IL
Alliant Energy World Headquarters, Madison, WI
SAP Technology, Newtown Square, PA
SAP Technology, Palo Alto, CA
Howard Hughes Corporation, Las Vegas, NV
Panasonic Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
First Republic Bank, New York, NY
Rene di Rosa Foundation, Napa, CA
San Mateo Public Library, San Mateo, CA
Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA
City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water & Power, CA
T Mimarlik, Istanbul, Turkey
San Francisco Tennis Club, San Francisco, CA
Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
Gateway Medical Center, Dublin, CA
Sierra Health Services, Las Vegas, NV
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA
Palo Alto Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Mercyhurst College, PA
Price Waterhouse Corporation, Washington D.C.
Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Cleveland, Ohio
Alza Corporation, Mountain View, CA
For questions or more information please email us info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.
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| 48 Plates |
Our best selling piece at Hanson Gallery is 48 Plates by Scott Hanson made by hand with real licence plates and soldered together using the same engineering skills found in stain glass windows and mounted inside a beautiful cold pressed steel canvas. Scott Hanson is the originator of this concept and has owned the copyright for 15 years. Hanson Gallery Fine Art is the only place in the world you can get this unique piece of art. Below is an artist's bio about Scott Hanson where we learn about what motivates him as an artist. More of his pieces can be seen on our website: www.hansongalleryfienart.com.
The art of Scott Hanson uses icons to reflect our concepts to us and induce us to reexamine our values and the way we perceive things. He challenges our ideas about influence and power, what is permanent and what is fleeting, our sense of time.
There is a concept or conversation based around the work," the sculptor explains. "Each work may be beautiful on its own, but each also speaks to the different issues and conversations that go on in our society and our culture," Hanson says. "My work primarily comes from the point of view of the archaeologist, looking back at this period of time a hundred or thousand years form now, and seeing what stands out as unique or important to this culture, which might not be important six or sixty years from now, and which might not be at all important in a different value system."
Hanson has had a provocative life in the art world over the past 20 years, as artist, gallery owner, fine arts dealer and renewed artist. He is open, savvy, expressive. His exposure to the diversity and trends of art, to its popular and eclectic expression, and to the motivation of both the creation and the buying of art, is comparable to no one. He has always been a creator, a thinker on our symbology and a deliberate provider of perspective on our modern lives.
Hanson sculpts mostly in copper, stainless steel, aluminum, and a few other metals. "I have worked with some icons to mirror our concepts of timeliness. For example, "I've done a cast of a 1940's bomber jacket. It is one of the few items that has really transcended both fashion and trends, in that people are wearing these jackets today in the same way they have for the last five decades. It's a symbol of freedom, of the rebel in us, or a certain kind of social stigma, a certain attitude."
Another piece is a series of piles of currencies-one is of hundreds of thousands of dollars stacked up. "It's a commentary on art as money and money as art. Which is what happened in the '80s, when there was a prolific production of art to create dollars, not the creation of art that also produced money," Hanson observes. "The piece also speaks to the idea of currency as a lost commodity. I question if we'll use currency in the future."
"There is a tremendous amount of social and politically correct commentary occurring through art these days." Hanson's own artworks have primarily shown here in the United States, however he is currently preparing for exhibitions in Taiwan and Mexico City.
"I don't know if my work is politically correct. The work is concept based, which stimulates deeper ideas and thoughts. This is my particular aesthetic interest. Right now," he smiled. "Reinventing myself periodically has charged my life. I'm excited by the chance to go in new directions. It has empowered my art. Being creative from the conception, production and sale of the work lets me experience the full gamut of the art world. It's very satisfying."
For questions or more information please email us info@hansongalleryfineart.com or call us at (415) 332-1815.
