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contemporary artists in la Biennale di Venezia issue JOY SCARLETT DANS LA 3-EME DIMENSION, 2019 OIL ON CNVAS 80X80 CM.

THE QUEEN ESTHER, 2019 OIL ON CNVAS 73 X 92 CM.

THE QUEEN ESTHER II, 2019 OIL ON CNVAS 73 X 92 CM.

ABRAHAM DAYAN
Lives and works in Le Havre, France
http://www.abraham-dayan.com

Abraham Dayan is an extremely talented and intellectual
artist strongly influenced by Cubism, Expressionism as well as
Constructivism. In his paintings the viewer encounters a unique
interpretation of art and art history in which a wonderful juxtaposition
of ideas come together recalling great artists such as Gris, Feininger,
Lissitzky, Chagall and Kandinsky. Dayan’s fragmented figures convey
a sense of timeless delicacy and elegance that immediately enthralls
the spectator. The subjects of the compositions are often female
figures whose sublime beauty and grace seems to submerge from a
subconscious dream-world, painted with refined taste and a poetic
touch. Sharp, angular lines, shapes and forms express exquisitely
sensual albeit powerful emotions in Dayan’s work. Dayan tells a
story with his art as the figures are painted like calm narrators of a
mysterious plot. The viewer is part of a silent audience in a process of
communication interpreting the infinite stories conceived through the
timeless language of subconscious symbolism - the contrast between
the perfect geometry of line and the expressive abstraction seemingly
defining the border between reality and dreams.

The geometric elements, painted in soft colours, delineate
the form, sometimes overlapping it, to convey a sense of
perspective allthewhile the impression of depth is created
by the diagonal lines which appear to extend beyond the
compositions. The skillful interplay of shape and diagonal
lines is enhanced by multicoloured shadows which
contribute to an effective and striking use of light.

As Albrecht Durer once said: “Geometry is the right
foundation of all painting”. Abraham Dayan uses his intellect
and talent to not only confirm Durer’s words but also to give
them life through his exceptional artworks. (Karen Lappon,
art critic London)

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