Lot 1025

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Calman Shemi (Born 1939) "Red on Black Moment #4" Tapestry Fiber Collage. Shemi has stated that his current art is "totally abstract," he has intended that his art not refer to specific locations, events, or points in time. Rather his art is about being in this world. It is about existing on this earth anywhere, at any time. Though sculpture dominated his early years as an artist, Shemi developed the idea of the "soft painting" medium while living on the Kibbutz Carmia in southern Israel in 1977. Beginning with a color drawing done in scale, Shemi layers irregularly shaped pieces of variously textured and colored fabrics. Using a threadless 9000-needle sewing machine, the fabrics are meshed to one another and to the background, creating vibrant compositions infused with exuberant color and explosive movement. Through the layering process, Shemi achieves a striking effect of transparency that suggests atmosphere and light, with the impression of light often appearing so intense as to, at once, define and dissolve form. ; Ref: BD1166

    Provenance:
  • Exhibitions of Shemi's work have been held by prestigious galleries throughout the world. Art work by Shemi can be found in public, corporate, and private collections in Israel, Nigeria, Australia, Canada, and the United States, including the Spertus Museum, Chicago, and the Fashion Institute of Technology and Citicorp Corporate Office in New York. In 1977, Shemi's work became an international symbol of peace when Israel's President Katzir presented a Shemi painting to the late President Anwar Sadat of Egypt.
  • Dimensions:
  • 52x80 in.
  • Artist Name:
  • Calman Shemi
  • Medium:
  • Tapestry
  • Condition:
  • This piece is in great condition, with wear commensurate with age. Please see photos for details.

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