Chemeche: Clowns Orchestra 65/ Jewish American Israeli Start Price USD 99.00 Current Price USD 99.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 14, 2008 End Time Thursday, August 21, 2008 Location Tel Aviv See more about 'Chemeche: Clowns Orchestra 65/ Jewish American Israeli' Description George Chemeche born 1934, New York, USA Orchestra of Clowns, 1965 Original Hand-Signed Pencil Drawing - Dated 1965   For further information and collection of works by George Chemeche look at the following links -   http://www.rogallery.com/chemeche_george/chemechehm.htm   http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/Search_Repeat.aspx?searchtype=IMAGES&artist=108369   http://www.picassomio.com/george-chemeche.html   http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/07/22/nyregion/thecity/20070722_CHELSEA_SLIDESHOW_4.html   http://legends.typepad.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2006/02/post.html   http://www.artrev.com/art/artists/artist.asp?aid=157   Artist Name: George Chemeche   Title: The clowns orchestra   Signature Description: Hand-signed in English and dated "65" lower right   Technique: Pencil   Image Size: 34 x 48 cm / 13.39" x 18.9" inch   Frame: Unframed   Condition: Good, few slight wrinkles, a minor stain   Artist's Biography:   George Chemeche, Painter, printmaker and Sculptor. b. 1934, New York. Immigrated to Israel 1949. Studies: 1956-59 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv; 1960-63 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. From 1959-65 Lived in Paris; From 1972 in New York.   George Chemeche was born in 1934 and studied at the Avni Art School in Jel Aviv and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. The style with which he is intimately associated, pattern painting, is non-minimalist, sensuous, romantic, rational and decorative. Its methods, thematic material and referents range across cultural and class lines. The style is two-dimensional, non-hierarchical, allover and acentric. Because most viewers respond with delight to patterning, it runs counter to the modernist taboo against a decorative quality in art. Though pattern painting's roots are in modern art, it contradicts some of its basic tenets as it attempts to assimilate aspects of Western and non-Western culture not previously accepted into the realm of high art. Though most people intuitively recognize patterning, it is difficult to define. 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. Whatever f9rm the painting takes, its flat and pictorial space is at a minimum. What makes patterning in pattern painting different from patterning in the "functional" arts-weaving, mosaics and so on, and especially in the art of non-Western cultures-is partly the use of pigment on canvas, but also, and of greater importance, intention and context. The intention is to make a high-art statement within a contemporary context by referring to, and using what to many still remains within the world of non-art. Pattern painting, unlike abstractionism, has structure. It also has content as it refers to patterns in the real world. Usually, patterning intentionally acknowledges the decorative function of art, reconciling both the decorative and the meaningful.   INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 1978 Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel 1977 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York Alexandra Monett Gallery, Brussels 1977 Givon Art GaJIery, Tel Aviv 1974 South Houston Gallery, New York Ray Landis Gallery, East Brunswick, New Jersey 1973 Gala Gallery, Key Biscayne, Florida Art Asia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York 1972 Selected Artists Gallery, New York 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 The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa 1965 Chemerinsky Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1963 Galerie Transposition, Paris Collective Exhibitions 1978 Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, "Six Artists" Biv Gallery, New York, "Chelsea Artists" Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 1978 "FJ.A.C.," Petit Palais Paris 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 PERMANENT COLLECTIONS Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell Univerity, Ithaca, New York Eversan Museum, Syracuse, N.Y. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Israel Museum, Jerusalem  Payment Methods: Bank Cheque, PayPal. If you wish to send a personal cheque, please note that the item will not be shipped until the cheque clears.   Shipping&Handling: All items are sent through registered mail or by E.M.S. Fast delivery service (up to 3-4 business days), depends on the weight and measures of the purchased item. Shipping & Handling charges include insurance for the item! Please e-mail us for other shipping methods.   In case that the frame includes a glass, the item will be shipped without the glass in order to prevent any damage to the artwork caused by broken glass: be aware that such kind of a damage is not covered by the insurance!   Terms of Auction: All sales are final, please only bid if you intend to pay. 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