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THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?
~Comte de Lautreamont, Les Chants de Maldoror *** Commercial Art 1958 - 60
One of a series of package designs Poleskie did for American Party Favor Company in 1960
Steve Poleskie, self-portrait, 3.5"X5", screen-print and drawing, 1963
"Maine Seascape," oil/board, 5"X6" 1964
"Undressing" oil/canvas, 7.5" 1963
Richard Anuszkiewicz and Steve Poleskie at Chiron Press, 1964
Steve takes a student for a ride. Ogunquit School of Art, Maine, summer 1967.
Poleskie on his BMW R69US, 1969
Poleskie with a large painting in his Ithaca studio, ca 1972
Card for Brazil performance event, 1985
Poster for Munich exhibition, October 1987
MIT Sky Art Conference |
Some Things from the ArchivesClick on blue captions to enlarge photo.
Poleskie working on a large figurative painting at his 76 Jefferson Street studio, ca 1964, photo by Eddie Johnson
Steve Poleskie pushes the squeegee at Chiron Press, 1967, photo by Peter Moore
The Painted Wing
The painted wing on Steve Poleskie's biplane, 1973
The wing in Poleskie exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, UK , February to April, 1989
Poleskie performs an Aerial Theater piece over Manhattan in his Piper Apache, ca 1987, photo by Robert Jessup
Steve Poleskie in his Pitts Special performing for the cameras over Mecklenburg, NY, 1985, photo by Gordon Goodban
Some of Poleskie's Airplanes
Steve Poleskie with his first airplane, a Citabria 7ECA, Tompkins County Airport, 1972
Steve Poleskie with his second airplane, a Bellanca Decathlon, ca 1973
Early Poleskie Photographs |
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