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Rasim Babayev was an iconic figure in post-Soviet art and a pioneer of the Azerbaijani Avant-Garde movement. Although predominantly focused on painting, Babayev expressed his vision in sculpture, on monumental murals and mosaic panels, on painted ceramics, and work in papier-mâché. Using the language of metaphor to create symbolism—reality knotted with fiction—the ancient Persian false god Div, or Daeva, was a significant muse, depicted in a large portion of his works. As a fictional creature from folklore, he considered it to be a personification of human nature.
Hisako Kobayashi grew up in Tokyo before moving to New York City in 1981 to earn a Master of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute. An abstract painter, she has since exhibited her work on five continents over a span of three decades. Upon observation, her works clearly and openly illustrate a maternal devotion to her native Japan while at once embracing the essence of her newfound Western sensibilities.
Art critic Donald Kuspit has authored this on her work, "Kobayashi's paintings exemplify the romantic idea that 'it...
Todd Williamson is a contemporary painter based in Los Angeles. His work is strongly influenced by mid-20th century American Abstract Expressionism. Williamson's paintings are characterized by their strict observance to geometry, enlisting parallel formations that reflect a formal consideration of light, color, and shape. Using a refined process of building and removing multiple layers of oil on canvas, his works employ both complementary hues and opposing values, focusing on subtle layers of color and movement.
Hisako Kobayashi grew up in Tokyo before moving to New York City in 1981 to earn a Master of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute. An abstract painter, she has since exhibited her work on five continents over a span of three decades. Upon observation, her works clearly and openly illustrate a maternal devotion to her native Japan while at once embracing the essence of her newfound Western sensibilities.
Art critic Donald Kuspit has authored this on her work, "Kobayashi's paintings exemplify the romantic idea that 'it...
Todd Williamson is a contemporary painter based in Los Angeles. His work is strongly influenced by mid-20th century American Abstract Expressionism. Williamson's paintings are characterized by their strict observance to geometry, enlisting parallel formations that reflect a formal consideration of light, color, and shape. Using a refined process of building and removing multiple layers of oil on canvas, his works employ both complementary hues and opposing values, focusing on subtle layers of color and movement.
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