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"ICU 2000-01" 20" x 16" 2001
By Jurgen B.
For Jurgen B., living again
was his best revenge. His life, fraught with traumatic
events, seemingly ended when he was pronounced dead on
New Year's Eve, 2000, only to be revived and continued
for another six months. Between those moments on New
Year's Eve and his actual death on June 23rd, Jurgen
emerged as a newly-formed artist who was spiritually
transformed.
His transformation began in early January when, upon his
wife's insistence, he began coming to the art studio.
Enduring enormous pain from multiple tumors, he immersed
himself in the task of giving plastic expression to the
defining events in his life. He first painted his
near-death experience, I.C.U. 2000-01, and proceeded to
paint seven more engaging and provocative paintings. In
his transformed state, he realized the importance of
compassion and humor and according to one family member,
experienced the most happiness of his life.
A grinning Jurgen attended the opening reception of the
exhibit, Amazing Art: A Celebration of Consciousness,
at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art on June 2nd which
included six of his paintings. Surrounded by
family, friends and admirers, the 'new Jurgen basked in
the memorable legacy he had created.
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