Adnan took a unique approach to her landscape oil paintings, characteristically limiting herself to only a few colors and laying thick swaths of paint on her canvasses using a palette knife, rather than a brush. Although she tended to work on a small scale, her highly abstract landscapes were nevertheless composed of bold, sometimes monolithic shapes. This approach was informed by her philosophical and spiritualized conception of colors, which she described as “entities in themselves,” having almost divine qualities. As an artist, she thus sought to give physical expression to these metaphysical beings.
In her 1986 book, Journey to Mount Tamalpais, Etel Adnan argued that nature constitutes an important dimension of thinking. Her broader oeuvre stand as a testament to the way in which she sought to attend to the “spirit” of the landscapes and places that were her subjects, as well as the colors through which such a spirit can be expressed.(Artist Website). Read Less
Etel Adnan
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Etel Adnan was a playwright, journalist, academic, and painter who was renowned not only for her intensely energetic and bold paintings, but her poetry, plays, and philosophical meditations on aesthetics. Born in Beirut, she became an important figure within the Arab-American community.
Adnan took a unique approach to her landscape oil paintings, characteristically limiting herself to only a few colors and laying thick swaths of paint on her canvasses using a palette knife, rather than a brush. Although she tended to work on a small scale, her highly abstract landscapes were nevertheless composed of bold, sometimes monolithic shapes. This approach was informed by her philosophical and spiritualized conception of colors, which she described as “entities in themselves,” having almost divine qualities. As an artist, she thus sought to give physical expression to these metaphysical beings.
In her 1986 book, Journey to Mount Tamalpais, Etel Adnan argued that nature constitutes an important dimension of thinking. Her broader oeuvre stand as a testament to the way Read More
In her 1986 book, Journey to Mount Tamalpais, Etel Adnan argued that nature constitutes an important dimension of thinking. Her broader oeuvre stand as a testament to the way Read More
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Etel Adnan
L'Express Beyrouth-Enfer, 2021
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Etching
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L'Apocalypse Arabe, 2021
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What is Gestural?
Gestural is a term which describes painting with freely sweeping brush strokes. The main goal of gestural art was to allow the artist to physically portray emotional impulses. Viewers were thought to understand inner artistic thoughts revealed through the varied, yet expressive paint marks.
Karel Appel
Circus suite, no. 18,1978
Limited Edition Print
Etching
USD 2,300
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Amsterdam clown ,1978
Limited Edition Print
Aquatint
USD 2,000
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Flower with Blue Eyes,1977
Sculpture / Object
Wood
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Eduardo Chillida
Gezna IV,1969
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 4,300
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Beltza V,1969
Limited Edition Print
Woodcut
EUR 4,850
Eduardo Chillida
Untitled,1999
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
EUR 1,400
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Hollywood Africans In Front Of The Chinese Theatre With Footprints Of Movie Stars, 2015
Limited Edition Print
Screen-print
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Larry Zox
Untitled From Niagara Series, 1980
Limited Edition Print
Linocut
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Karel Appel
Serie Personages, 1969
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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Thiebaud Wayne
Gum Machine, 1967/2023
Limited Edition Print
Offset Print
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