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Michael Pauker
Contemporary Two-Part Abstract: Tan and Black with Lavender

21st Century

$2,520
$3,15020% Off
£1,935.12
£2,418.9020% Off
€2,219.88
€2,774.8620% Off
CA$3,540.90
CA$4,426.1220% Off
A$3,965.58
A$4,956.9720% Off
CHF 2,069.17
CHF 2,586.4720% Off
MX$48,437.85
MX$60,547.3120% Off
NOK 26,325.92
NOK 32,907.4020% Off
SEK 24,815.34
SEK 31,019.1720% Off
DKK 16,566.73
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About the Item

Beautiful contemporary patterned abstract composition on two joined canvases by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The left canvas, which makes up one fourth of the composition, features lavender geometries floating on a black background. The right canvas features an abstract pattern with tan neutrals and small light pink accents. Unsigned and unframed. Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. “I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. Michael received a BFA at State University New York (SUNY) at Purchase and an MFA at Mills College, in Oakland, focusing on printmaking and painting. Currently, he taught several art classes at Menlo College and at West Valley College in Saratoga, Skyline College in San Bruno, and Stanford Continuing Studies and the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford in Palo Alto. Previously, he taught at Santa Rosa Junior College and the California State Arts in Mental Health Program. Exhibitions include: 2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica 2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA 2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA 2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY 2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) 2002 Judith Litvich Contemporary Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo) 2001 William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA 2001 “22nd Annual Paper in Particular,” Columbia College, Columbia, MO 2000 “Variations on a Theme,” Century Gallery, L.A. Mission College, Sylmar, CA 2000 “Altars and Installations,” Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA 2000 “Text,” Ron Breeden Gallery, Orange, CA 2000 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA (solo) 2000 Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV (solo) 1999 “Pieced Together: Explorations in Collage,” San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art Rental 1999 “Artist Book Show,” Gusto Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1999 “15th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 1999 Two Person Exhibition, Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas, NV 1997 Judith Litvich Contemporary Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo) 1996 Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR (solo) 1994 Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA (solo) 1993 Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA (solo)
  • Creator:
    Michael Pauker (1957, American)
  • Creation Year:
    21st Century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 42.25 in (107.32 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    Some minor corner wear.
  • Gallery Location:
    Soquel, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: JT-DBH66371stDibs: LU5427617882

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