William Steiger: Long Way Home

"To take the long way home is to break from routine, to embrace the journey rather than focusing solely on reaching the intended destination. It is a chance to slow down and contemplate one’s surroundings away from the expected path, an opportunity to see the familiar from a different point of view. I believe there is beauty to be found within the ordinary. Bridges, mills, rivers & tunnels make up our habitual landscape, easily overlooked, but when considered from a new perspective, nuances rich with significance are revealed.  

 

While architecture is often purposeful, built not to please the eye but to perform a function, my visual language emerges from the desire to reimagine, to introduce soul to man-made objects. Looking at my work is meant to evoke dreamlike visions, sharp and detailed but lacking the specificity of time or place.  The viewer is invited to recall personal experiences and to infuse each image with one’s own memory. Long Way Home documents a journey that begins with me but ultimately ends with you."

-William Steiger 2024

William Steiger received a B.A. in Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an M.F.A. in painting from Yale University in 1989. Steiger has been a recipient of numerous grants, fellowships, and awards, including The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, Basil H. Alkazzi Travel Award, London, England, and The Phelps Berdan Memorial Award for Distinction in Painting, Yale University. Steiger has had 44 solo exhibitions worldwide, including Valencia - Spain, Seoul, Tokyo, New York City, and Dallas. Long Way Home is his fifth solo exhibition at Marcia Wood Gallery since 1998. In 2011, Hudson Hills Press published a 200-page monograph on the artist's work with 13 contributing writers and over 200 images. His work is included in numerous private, public and corporate collections including; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Ringling Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and The Horim Museum, among others. 

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