Trucks: Recent Works by John Himmelfarb

With sculpture, paintings, prints, and drawings, award-winning artist John Himmelfarb explores the iconic American truck. An in-depth consideration of the vehicles that are intrinsically and culturally significant to the American landscape, Trucks: Recent Works by John Himmelfarb showcases the artist's diverse and lighthearted approach, adeptly shifting between mediums, style, and message during his decade-long contemplation of trucks and their specific functions. Under his skillful hands, the utilitarian vehicles of commerce and construction become unique and provocative art forms.

In 2005 and 2006, the truck as narrative becomes center stage for Himmelfarb's work. With his seamless, animated traverse of multiple mediums, viewers cannot help but smile as they appreciate the common truck through unique perspectives. In 2007, another tectonic change occurs in Himmelfarb's pursuit of his theme: as a result of a three-month residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center's Arts/Industry program, he begins his first meaningful foray into three-dimensional works.