Note From The Artist
I can’t say that I trained in any particular way for my art career. I think I was six or seven years old when I started drawing abstract images and assembling pieces from found objects. For the most part, I guess you could say I’m self-taught. In my early twenties, I took some courses at Parsons and the School of Visual Arts to learn about tools and materials used to produce my art instead of learning how to draw or paint. As for achievements, I suppose creating a commercial enterprise with my then-wife Devora. We started a company based on my graphic designs. We produced a large variety of merchandise from clothing, bags, jewelry, and Zippo Lighters. We opened retail stores in the SoHo section of NYC, Tokyo, and the Hamptons and an extensive wholesale business domestically and abroad. I would have to say that I started to be most active in the early to mid-seventies.
I was strongly influenced by a show at the Guggenheim of post-revolution Russian avant-garde artists. In addition to that, pop artists like Warhol and Lichtenstein were a big inspiration for my art style. A lot of my inspiration comes from music. From an early age, musicians like the Stones, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Patti Smith, etc., influenced my creative energy. In the late Seventies, I started a band called The Escalators. I was the lead singer and lyricist. A notable member was Jerry Harrison, known for his involvement with the Talking Heads - co-members Busta Jones and Paul Duskin later joined him. We released a record and played local New York City alternative rock clubs. During that time, I was really into photography, so I intend to include extensive photography in future art shows. Many of the photo images I created with an old-school Nikon F2 and Polaroid instant camera are abstract in style. By nature, I’m pretty much insular when it comes to the art world. I mostly attend various museum installations and gallery shows.
BULLSEYE COLLECTION
ONE ART SPACE EXHIBITION
WHEN: VIP VERNISSAGE on February 5, 2019 - Exhibition on view until February 7, 2019, | ONE ART SPACE GALLERY / 23 Warren Street / New York, NY
Just like fine wine ages, decades passed. Yet, Richard Goltry’s hand-painted art visions on paper are mixed media precision-cut collages and timeless journeys of striking images that have emerged from the artist’s translations. Goltry’s rebellion started in the early ’70s by his political opinions natural for the development and expression of his nonchalant viewpoint to fit with the bold mold of that era. Expelled from his first home for his anarchistic beliefs, this period led him to contribute to punk rock & alternative periodicals in New York. His satirical postcards and anarchic statements were witnesses to iconic news moments seen in his paintings and wall sculptures. Just like the acceptable wine ages, decades passed. Yet, Richard Goltry’s hand-painted art visions on paper are mixed media precision-cut collages and timeless journeys of striking images that have emerged from the artist’s translations. Goltry’s rebellion started in the early ’70s by his political opinions natural for the development and expression of his nonchalant viewpoint to fit with the bold mold of that era. Expelled from his first home for his anarchistic beliefs led to his creation of an underground East Village Newspaper. His satirical postcards and anarchic statements were witnesses to iconic news moments seen in his paintings and wall sculptures.
