The wooden sculptures of Louise Nevelson also reflect the all-over compositions of abstract expressionism. Nevelson took ordinary objects, contained them within tightly organized geometric frames, and painted them a single color, usually black. By recombining these ordinary objects into a work of art, she neutralized their original identities and functions. The single color united the various elements, even as it drew attention to the variety of their forms… .
French painter of German origin, known chiefly for his abstract style, consisting of black lines resembling calligraphy, executed on intensely colored backgrounds.
Manouchehr Yektai (1922_Iran)
solo exhibitions:
1949: Woodstock, New York. *
1951, 1952, 1953: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York City. *
1956: American Associated Artists, NYC. *
1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964: Poindexter Gallery, NYC. *
1959: Felix Landau Gallery Los Angeles, California. *
1960,1961, 1963, 1965: Semia Huber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland. *
1962: Anderson Meyer Gallery, Paris; Feingarten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. *
1961, 1962, 1964, 1970: Picadilly Gallery, London, England. *
1965, 1966, 67: Gertrude Kasle Gallery, [[Detroit, Michigan]]. *
1966, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1996: Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York. *
1977, 1978: Zand Gallery, Teheran, Iran. *
1981, 1984: Alex Rosenberg Gallery, NYC. *
1988: Paris - New York: Kent Fine Art, Kent, Connecticut.
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link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manouchehr_Yektai
Bahaar Zarabie 23 Jun 2010
Abstract expressionists emphasized the process of painting, by allowing evidence of the artist’s gestures to remain visible on the canvas surface. abstract expressionists artists emphasized the painter’s gesture, or brushstroke, and the physical qualities(spontaneity and physical energy) of the paint, especially its texture.