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Hafftka is a figurative expressionist painter residing in Brooklyn, NY. Over a hundered of his works are in museums around the world, including the Met, MOMA, SFMOMA, Carnegie Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston and The National Gallery. His many shows include an exhibition at MOMA, NY, and a retrospective of large paintings at the Housatonic Museum of Art.
Hafftka’s work has been written about extensively by art historian and curator Professor Sam Hunter and by John Caldwell, NYT critic and SFMOMA curator. Hafftka has collaborated with poets and writers, most notably William Gass and Tom Sleigh, whose collaborations were published in The Yale Review and Blackbird respectively.
Hafftka started painting in 1973. In his own words: “I paint the reality under the surface from an emotional point of view. I feel and render. I let go of the certainty that is in visual perceptions and create from a visceral experience. Painting requires of me a state of intentional open-mindedness…
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Hafftka is a figurative expressionist painter residing in Brooklyn, NY. Over a hundered of his works are in museums around the world, including the Met, MOMA, SFMOMA, Carnegie Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston and The National Gallery. His many shows include an exhibition at MOMA, NY, and a retrospective of large paintings at the Housatonic Museum of Art.
Hafftka’s work has been written about extensively by art historian and curator Professor Sam Hunter and by John Caldwell, NYT critic and SFMOMA curator. Hafftka has collaborated with poets and writers, most notably William Gass and Tom Sleigh, whose collaborations were published in The Yale Review and Blackbird respectively.
Hafftka started painting in 1973. In his own words: “I paint the reality under the surface from an emotional point of view. I feel and render. I let go of the certainty that is in visual perceptions and create from a visceral experience. Painting requires of me a state of intentional open-mindedness…
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