On the Cover | Sept. 6, 2012
learn about this issue's cover art by Steve Katrosits
Volume One finds its cover art in a number of ways, from local art shows to random emails to knowing someone who knows someone who knows a great artist. The art always originates from a current or former Chippewa Valley resident. If you'd like to submit cover art, send us a letter.
“Sculptor Peri Laszlo in Buda During the Year
of My Birth (a fiction)” by Steve Katrosits
digital transfer, acrylic/canvas, 17.5” X 23”, 2012Steve Katrosits“When asked if I was planning a retrospective exhibition for the Volume One Gallery, I replied that I was not quite ready to kick the bucket. My choice instead is to offer a cohesive exhibit of my current concerns in painting ... and one oddball. My touchstones are modern architecture and art history. “I travel for architecture,” is my mantra and the paintings are informed by this directly or indirectly. For example, the cover painting started with the photo of a building under renovation behind a tarp that has a building painted on it. This was in the Buda hills and the rest of the composition, suggested by my experience of Budapest, developed around it. I cut my teeth, as the expression goes, on Pop Art. A formalist art, Pop was also often an art-about-art, referencing other past and current art and artists. These characteristics have been important to my development as an artist. The approach in my painting is one of collage, disparate images and references resulting in a multi-evocative image.” – The Artist
Click for biggie big.What we were thinking: "This piece is just one of the many fascinating works of Steve Katrosits. He gains inspiration from around the world and brings it back to our beloved city to create these beautifully structured compositions for the world to experience. Being summer, the people of the Chippewa Valley can definitely relate to the construction and renovation depicted in this piece. Now in the Volume One Gallery, one can experience his collection of surreal wonderfulness and enjoy his so-called mini games. Some of the visual content of his work isn’t always as obvious as a bright red open door. Small and rather strange trinkets can be found in many of his paintings. These tangible objects are quietly hidden around the premise, sparking your memory and creating a whimsical little game of I Spy. Can you find them all?" – V1 Designer Katie Wolff
