Jules Kirschenbaum: The Need to Dream of Some Transcendent Meaning

Drawing on existential themes from philosophy, literature, and religion, the art of Jules Kirschenbaum deals with issues of mortality and the spirit. In an age which reveled in abstraction and images of the banal, Kirschenbaum's art was steeped in the Western tradition of representation. In his mature work, images of people and objects become metaphors for a deep examination of the nature of being and the human spirit. A Professor of Art at Drake University for over 30 years, Kirschenbaum is an undiscovered master.