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ELEFTHERIA
Will you speak Greek to me?

Shall there be spring?

Yes, there shall be Spring.

Gerstein_The Once & Future Spring

"The Once and Future Spring", 12in. x 24in. (31cm x 61cm), Oil stick,
acrylic & glass beads on wood panel, 2017.

Will you speak Greek to me?

There will be an Apogee and a Perigee. There will be Tragedee… and there will be Comedee. And an occasional Apotheosis.

Gerwstein_Universe in a Grain of Sand

"Universe in a Grain of Sand", 20in. x 30in. (51cm x 76cm), Oil stick, acrylic, pigment & mixed media on wood panel, 2015.

Yes, but will there be time?

There will be a moment in time - with impeccable timing… . If you wish, it will be a long moment… .

Gerstein_From Time to Time (36x36)

"From Time to Time", 36in. x 36in. (91cm x 91cm), Oil stick, acrylic, & mixed media on wood panel, 2016. Private collection, MA.

Do you hear the sound?

It's the sound of the Cosmos.

…

And will the Earth wake up?

There will be symbols and portents.

Gerstein_At Dawn We Slept (30x40)

"At Dawn We Slept", 30in. x 40in. (76cm x 102cm), Oil stick, acrylic, & mixed textural media on wood panel, 2017.

And?.. Shall there be Spring?

Yes, there shall be Spring.

—Philip Gerstein

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Born and raised in Moscow, USSR, PHILIP GERSTEIN began exhibiting his work in the 1980's with the Boston Visual Artists Union, after pursuing a PhD in Art History at Harvard University. He studied painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Japanese calligraphy with Toshu Ogawa. Philip has been exhibiting in NYC, Provincetown MA, and very extensively in the Boston area, as well as organizing and curating painting and photography shows. His work has been reviewed, reproduced and praised in numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, ArtScope Magazine, and Art New England, and he is the author of the prize-winning essay, "Art of Color: Beauty in art comes in so many forms; art of color is a special case of it." International Painting Annual 4. 1st. Cincinnati: Manifest Press, 2014.
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