{"id":13887,"date":"2023-07-28T18:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=13887"},"modified":"2023-07-28T18:56:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T22:56:01","slug":"owen-westberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/owen-westberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Owen Westberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2459\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13887-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/OwenWestberg.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/OwenWestberg.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/OwenWestberg.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OW23_Bio.jpg?resize=169%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OW23_Bio.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OW23_Bio.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OW23_Bio.jpg?resize=696%2C1238&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/OW23_Bio.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>Owen Westberg (b. 1986, Pittsburgh) received an MFA from Columbia University and a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been included in recent exhibitions at Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles; and Dunes, Portland, ME.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laurelgitlen.com\/\"><i>Lake<\/i> is his first solo exhibition<\/a>. Westberg lives and works in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For over a decade, Owen has been painting discreet scenes in oil on smoothed birch panels or aluminum flashings that fit smartly into a purse or piece of hand luggage: late afternoon landscapes, round, glowy fruits, a fictional painter or pair of sneakers, tinted windows on a corporate building, and often, patterned fabrics. He paints these low-stakes subjects with wet, slightly oversized brushes that approximate rather than articulate. His marks are straightforward yet sensitive. Never sentimental. Tender but not sweet, and a bit unhinged\u2014as if in a rush to get it all down. His color\u2014always exact\u2014pulls clarity from a hand that favors a wobbly line over a straight one. Simple shifts from cool grey to warm champagne cast a rippled cloth into full relief. The palette is limited but nuanced\u2014 soft ochre, medieval blues, kiwi, terracotta and buttercream, and the regular colors: yellow, orange, navy&#8221; &#8211; Anna Glantz<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13901\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13901 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/placemat.jpg?resize=696%2C832&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/placemat.jpg?resize=857%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 857w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/placemat.jpg?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/placemat.jpg?resize=768%2C918&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/placemat.jpg?resize=696%2C832&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/placemat.jpg?resize=1068%2C1276&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/placemat.jpg?w=1071&amp;ssl=1 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0Owen Westberg placemat, 2022 Oil on panel 10 x 8 inches 25.4 x 20.3 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13902\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13902 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ruin.jpg?resize=696%2C881&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ruin.jpg?resize=809%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 809w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ruin.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ruin.jpg?resize=768%2C972&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ruin.jpg?resize=696%2C881&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ruin.jpg?w=1011&amp;ssl=1 1011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owen Westberg ruin, 2023 Oil on aluminum flashing 7 x 5 inches 17.8 x 12.7cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13903\" style=\"width: 556px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/editorial.jpg?resize=556%2C1280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/editorial.jpg?w=556&amp;ssl=1 556w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/editorial.jpg?resize=130%2C300&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/editorial.jpg?resize=445%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owen Westberg editorial, 2021 Oil on birch panel 12 x 3 inches 30.5 x 7.5 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/OwenWestberg.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listOwen Westberg (b. 1986, Pittsburgh) received an MFA from Columbia University and a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been included in recent exhibitions at Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles; and Dunes, Portland, ME. 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