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George Chemeche
Dancing Ducks in Red, Yellow, Green, Blue,

ca. 1980

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Artist: George Chemeche – Iraqi/American (1934-2022) Title: Dancing Ducks in Red, Yellow, Green, Blue Year: circa 1980 Medium: Screen Print Image size: 19 x 27 inches. Sheet size: 22 x 29 inches. Signature: Signed lower right Edition: 260 This one: 87/260 Condition: Very good Unframed This exceptional geometric abstract serigraph is by the noted Iraqi/American artist George Chemeche (1934-2022 ). He is a master of serigraph printing, but this print has more than technical excellence. It is a wonderful, rhythmic abstract composition. I believe Chemeche might have been a proponent of and/or influenced by the Pattern and Decoration Movement which was happening in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. The print has never been framed and is in very good condition. I will ship the print rolled in a heavyweight tube. George Chemeche was born in 1934 and studied at the Avni Art School in Tel Aviv and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. The style with which he is intimately associated, pattern painting, The most serviceable definition is that pattern is the systematic repetition of a motif or motifs used to cover a surface uniformly. The spaces between motifs are either other motifs or are an integral part of the repeat. Usually, patterning intentionally acknowledges the decorative function of art, reconciling both the decorative and the meaningful. George Chemeche’s work hangs in the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea where many have admired it for years. Please search online for more biographical information by this fine artist. Selected Biography 1934 Born in Basra, Iraq 1947 Fled Iraq with his family 1947-49 Lives and attends school in Tehran 1949 Immigrates to Israel 1956-59 Studies art in Avni Art School, Tel-Aviv 1959 Gets American-Israeli Culture Foundation grant to study art in Paris 1959-1962 Studies at Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris 1961- Gets two years grant from Lady Francis Fergusson, Scotland 1962 Gets one year grant from Alex de Rothschild, Paris First man show at Gallery Transposition, Paris 1965-72 Exhibits his work in numerous art galleries in Israel including one man show at Haifa Museum 1972 Travels to New York, checks in the Hotel Chelsea 1977-- First one-man show in USA at Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, followed by other shows around the country and Europe. 1995 Travels to Iceland to publish the Aya Series book. Text by Donald Kuspit; Art Resourses & Technologies, New York, NY 2002 Publishes, Ibejis: “The Cult of Yoruba Twins” 5 Continents Edition, Milan, Italy 2003 Curates a show at Museum of African Art, NYC Ibejis: The Doubly Blessed Twins 2005 Reads his poems at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York 2010 Lectures about Ibeji art and cult at Iowa University 2011 Lectures about Ibeji Art and cult at Neuberger Museum 2011 Publishes, The Horse Rider in African Art” ACC, UK INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 1978 Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel 1977 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York 1977 Alexandra Monett Gallery, Brussels 1977 Givon Art GaJIery, Tel Aviv 1974 South Houston Gallery, New York 1974 Ray Landis Gallery, East Brunswick, New Jersey 1973 Gala Gallery, Key Biscayne, Florida 1973 Art Asia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. 1973 Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York 1972 Selected Artists Gallery, New York 1972 Mabat Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1971 Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel 1970 Modern Art Gallery, Old Jaffa 1969 Dugith Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1968 Dugith Art Gallery, Te Aviv 1967 Hadassa "K" Klachkin Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1966 Rina Art Gallery, Jerusalem 1966 The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa 1965 Chemerinsky Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1963 Galerie Transposition, Paris Collective Exhibitions Group Exhibitions: 1978 Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, "Six Artists" 1978 Biv Gallery, New York, "Chelsea Artists" 1978 Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 1978 "FJ.A.C.," Petit Palais Paris 1978 Galerie Naire, Paris 1977 Weintraub Gallery, New York, Print Show 1971 OHana Gallery, London "Six Artists", Modern Art Gallery, Old Jaffa 1969 The Autumn Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum 1965 "Young Artists", TeJ Aviv Museum 1963 Salon de La Jeune Peinture, Musee d'art Moderne, Paris MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY The Brooklyn Museum, New York. The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York The Jewish Museum, New York, NY Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York, NY Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama Tel Aviv Museum, Israel Haifa Museum, Israel
  • Creator:
    George Chemeche (1934, American, Iraqi)
  • Creation Year:
    ca. 1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Very good condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: PM06262022-21stDibs: LU666310460202
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