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Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. His abstract paintings are inspired by the interplay of light, space, and color in the architecture around him. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form, similar to the work of john mclaughlin and kenneth noland. This book, the last created in close collaboration with the artist, maps his prolific and diverse oeuvre from the 1940s to his final projects before his death in late 2015. Abstract ellsworth kelly susan sheehan gallery hardedge. Kelly was always ahead of his time, making monochromes and multipanel works more than a decade before the term minimalism was coined. About phaidon phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts with over 1,500 titles in print. Spanning seven decades, his career is marked by the independent route his art has taken from any formal school or art movement and by his innovative contribution to twentiethcentury painting and sculpture. Ellsworth kellys paintings and sculptures take center stage in this creative visual presentation of opposites. The definitive monograph on ellsworth kelly, produced in close collaboration with the artist before his death in 2015, charts his decades long careerfrom the 1940s to his final projects. Project projects an exquisitely produced largeformat, 368page volume, ellsworth kelly is the iconic artists monograph.
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Buy art at exclusive members only pricing at the leading online contemporary art marketplace. Phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts with over 1,500 titles in print. Aesthetica there is a ruthless efficiency of your workyour color, your lines. The 368page book includes over 150 fullcolor plates and an extensive chronology illustrated with materials from kelly s own archive. Ellsworth kelly, broad street studio, new york, 1956.
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