JUST LOOKING/JUST THINKING, 24" X 48", ARCHIVAL INKJET PRINT ON CANVAS, 2018.
Join us June 11, 2021 at 12 pm with practicing artist Steven Chayt as he leads you through his solo exhibition, Some Call it Art. Conceptual to its core, Chayt’s work explores the various ways in which language and photographic images interact to provide visual encounters that are both humorous and paradoxical. Prizing ideas over the formal, Chayt’s practice pushes us to contemplate more than the literal object itself. Indeed, by challenging us to unravel the concepts that underlie each work in this show, Chayt provokes subtle “ah-ha” moments for each and every viewer.
About the Artist
Steven Chayt was born in 1952 in Washington, DC and grew up in Miami, Florida. He graduated from The School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and received a BFA from Tufts University. He studied with John Baldessari, Michal Asher and Alexis Smith at California Institute of the Arts where he earned an MFA.
He and his wife then opened Kenmore Press and produced various books of poetry including Pokerface by Billy Collins, former poet laureate. They moved to Winter Haven and established Anachronic Editions where they wrote and made books on graphic arts subjects, many of which are in private collections and libraries around the world.
Steven taught graphic design in Polk County Schools for 25 years. Upon retirement, he returned to making art, starting with a 24 foot outdoor sculpture called the HOHO Chair. His current work utilizes digitally manipulated images that are printed on stretched canvas.