Visiting Artist Guest Lecture: Daniel Zeller
Daniel Zeller is an experienced sculptor, printmaker and draftsman. His most recent work includes drawings. Zeller stated in a 1991 publication “The process of drawing for me is a form of travel where info is consumed, digested and regurgitated”. This travel is an exploration into the uncharted and hidden. He sets up rules for himself, one of them being “always respect what has already been put on the page, as if every line were sovereign territory, not to be crossed or obscured”. He is interested in combining macro and micro elements of information in his work. He uses the minimal means of paper and pencil, or paper and ink. The resulting imagery is extremely intricate, suggesting maps, diagrams and satellite imagery.
Since graduating with an MFA from UMASS Amherst in 1992, Daniel Zeller has shown at galleries and museums throughout the United States. These venues include Pierogi gallery in NY and The Kansas Arts Center in Little Rock. His public collections include the MOMA, the Whitney, LA County Museum of Art and Arkansas Art Center.
Sponsored by funds from the UMASS Arts Council, the Art Department and the Graduate Art Student Association (GASA).