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Joel Handorff Abstract Paintings

b. 1944

Joel Handorff is a New York-based artist who has exhibited widely and is included in many collections, including the Weisman Art Museum. In the 1980s, he participated in the East Village art scene as an artist, curator and gallerist, running Dramatis Personae. Handorff has exhibited at the Terry Dintenfass Gallery, Harm Bouckaert Gallery and MoMA PS1. His work has been reviewed by Vivien Raynor of the New York Times and Theodore Wolff of the Christian Science Monitor. In 2012, Handorff received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. His work was exhibited at the Leslie-Lohman Museum’s seminal Interface show, which was curated by Walter Cessna, as well as the Jonathan Weinberg-curated Painting to Survive show at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition.

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Artist: Joel Handorff
Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric: 'Rags II'
Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric: 'Rags II'

Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric: 'Rags II'

By Joel Handorff

Located in New York, NY

‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...

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2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Abstract Paintings

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Large Painting of bouquet of flowers on silk: 'Egyptian Blue'
Large Painting of bouquet of flowers on silk: 'Egyptian Blue'

Large Painting of bouquet of flowers on silk: 'Egyptian Blue'

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‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...

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2010s Abstract Joel Handorff Abstract Paintings

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Silk, Synthetic, Acrylic

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