David Hauptschein | Self-Obsession: Self-Portraits

DAVID HAUPTSCHEIN, SELF-PORTRAIT 11-23-18, ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT.

On view in the lobby of Riverside Town Hall through mid-December, 2019

“Over the past five years I have created an extensive series of photo-based digital paintings using Photoshop and other related programs. I view myself not as a photographer but as an artist who uses photography. The opportunity to explore uncharted territory is what attracts me to the digital realm. Photoshop is a new art medium, and throughout the history of art, whenever a new medium is invented, it stimulates artists’ imaginations, and they create works that have never been seen or heard before. What if, for example, Jimi Hendrix had come of age before the invention of the electric guitar? There would have been no Jimi Hendrix, at least not the one who revolutionized contemporary music. 

Besides visual art, I have worked for many years as a screenwriter and playwright, and have learned to seek and cherish the unexpected when it comes to my artistic endeavors. In art we trust.”

–David Hauptschein

The medium of all of these works is archival pigment print, and the dimensions are 26″ x 26″ and 15″ x 15″.  

Each of these works is a self-portrait.

For more information about the artist, visit his website at www.hauptschein.com or contact the Riverside Arts Center at 32 E. Quincy Street.