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Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

American, 1926-2018
Ed Moses was a prominent figure in the Los Angeles art scene and key promoter of Post-War, West Coast art for almost 60 years. Best known for his eclectic range, his canvases are formal abstractions that use a variety of processes to experiment with surface—creating striations, cracks, marks and blurs at times juxtaposed with hard-edge geometric abstraction. Following graduation, Moses moved to New York City where he became friends with Franz Kline, Milton Resnick, William de Kooning, and Mark Rothko, with whom he would exhibit in New York, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. In 1959, Moses married Avilda Peters and moved back to Los Angeles to start a family, travel, and continue his painting career. Always working with process and experimenting with materials as a painter, Moses was critically lauded for his bold composition and innovation. In 1968, he received a Tamarind Lithography Fellowship as well as the offer of a teaching position at the University of California, Los Angeles, his alma mater, where he would teach until 1972. After travels in Europe, he would return to UCLA to teach until 1976, the same year he was recognized with a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant and his first museum shows: a show of drawings from 1958-1970s at the Wight Gallery at UCLA, and a show of new abstract and cubist red paintings at LACMA curated by Stephanie Barron, the latter marking a transitional moment in his career. While drawing was prominent in his work in the 1960s and early 70s, by the mid-70s, Moses was turning increasingly to painting. By 1990, Moses—a spiritual descendant of the Abstract Expressionists and a dedicated student of Buddhism—was living in Venice, California, meditating daily and blazing his own trail to aesthetic truth. Working with unconventional materials and tools, including mops, hoses, and rubber scrapers, he painted behind his house in Venice, where he lived for more than 30 years. Here, influenced by the tenants of Buddhism, he was working in the moment, embracing and responding to elements of chance and circumstance. Endlessly intrigued with the metaphysical power of painting, he created works that embraced temporality, process, and presence, remarking that “the point is not to be in control, but to be in tune.” Moses’ works are held in the permanent collections of the Albright-Knox Gallery, NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Berkeley Art Museum at UC Berkeley; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Dallas Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Cincinnati Museum of Art; Butler Art Institute of American Art, Ohio; Dallas Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; Musee National d’art moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR; and many others.
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Artist: Ed Moses
Mobi

Mobi

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

1950s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

WHO #2
WHO #2

WHO #2

By Ed Moses

Located in Los Angeles, CA

“WHO #2”, signed and dated 2017 on verso, is an abstract acrylic on canvas by important, Los Angeles artist, Ed Moses (1926-2018) whose distinguished career earned him solo exhibitio...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Crimba

Crimba

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

In a career that spanned 7 decades, Ed Moses received national and international recognition for his practice, known for its restless intensity and ever-evolving style. Considered on...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Hoop JW

Hoop JW

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Arc #1

Arc #1

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cat-Who A-1

Cat-Who A-1

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Park Rd #2

Park Rd #2

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Many Feet

Many Feet

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled

Untitled

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Grid 5

Grid 5

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

#3

#3

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

#4

#4

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Liam #4

Liam #4

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Luard

Luard

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

HOWA #1

HOWA #1

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Wax-O

Wax-O

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

In a career that spanned 7 decades, Ed Moses received national and international recognition for his practice, known for its restless intensity and ever-evolving style. Considered on...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

What 4

What 4

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Usher

Usher

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Wall Layuca #2

Wall Layuca #2

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

1980s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Wake

Wake

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

1980s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Park Rd #2

Park Rd #2

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Spiker

Spiker

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Luard

Luard

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Wack #1

Wack #1

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Primal Strategies #6/M-Y Branco

Primal Strategies #6/M-Y Branco

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Zoo #1

Zoo #1

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

B/Red Grid

B/Red Grid

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Gold Bach

Gold Bach

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Nambo Panel I & II
Nambo Panel I & II

Nambo Panel I & II

By Ed Moses

Located in Palm Desert, CA

An abstract acrylic on canvas by Ed Moses. "Nambo Panel I & II" is a diptych executed in whites, creams, dark green and depicting geometric shapes with various dots, circles and corkscrews against a dark background by Post War artist Ed Moses...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Franco-Del #1 & #3
Franco-Del #1 & #3

Franco-Del #1 & #3

By Ed Moses

Located in Palm Desert, CA

An abstract acrylic on canvas by Ed Moses. "Franco-Del #1 & #3" is a triptych executed in earth tones of browns, grey, black, rust and pine green by Post War artist Ed Moses...

Category

Early 2000s Post-War Ed Moses Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

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