ARNOLD NEWMAN – ARTIST PORTRAITS
2019-05-27The exhibition of works from the 1940s through the 1970s will present a selection of Newman’s finest, most nuanced prints including striking portraits of artists Marcel Duchamp, Martha Graham, David Hockney, Willem de Kooning, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Diana Vreeland.
Newman is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of the environmental portrait. He spent time exploring the essence of his subjects, finding the best environment to express who they were, and integrating them with their work into compositions that referenced the work. He structured his own visual language, setting up photographs with jaunty geometric grace and inventing visual elements where none existed thus adding complexity and depth to his portraits. His sense of tension, rhythm, and balance, guides the eye through his command of composition.
Opposite – I.M. Pei, 1967
Exhibition runs through to June 22nd, 2019
Fahey/Klein Gallery
148 North La Brea
Los Angeles
90036 CA
