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Christian Eckart
 
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Born in Calgary, Alberta (Canada).  Currently living in Houston, Texas.
 
Christian Eckart evokes the modernist belief in abstractions as a conduit for spiritual perfection. Working with custom metal fabricators and specialized auto lacquer paints, Eckart's wall works are objects of precision and physical purity. Eckart refers to himself as a contemporary "icon painter subscribing to the precepts and formal designs" of the Russian constructivists, and supremacist movement of the early 20th century and its historical antecedents, Baroque and Renaissance cathedral painting.

Eckart has shown extensively in the United States, Europe and Canada. Exhibiting galleries include Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; Sabine Watchers Fine Arts, Brussels; and Galerie Tanit, Munich.  His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; MCA, Chicago; MFA, Houston; Modern Art Museum of Vienna; Eli Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA; and many others 

Intersecting Orbits Multiple, 2009
Mirror polished stainless steel
15 x 22 x 20 inches

 Icon Fragment, 1998
Gold leaf on wood
63 x 40 x 2 inches
   
Circuit Painting Diptych, 2007
Acrylic urethane on aluminum
72 x 54 inches		 Detail Painting #570, 1994
23 karat double thick gold-leaf on birch plywood with pine and poplar moulding
25.5 x 27 inches
   
Layered Zootrope Painting, 2006
Acrylic urathane on aluminum plate
51 x 72 x 2 inches		 White Painting #607, 1987
Formica on birch plywood and 23-carat gold leaf frame
92 1/2 x 60 1/5 inches