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LUCKI, Abraham [ ISRAEL ]

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Lives and Works in Israel

   
   


Abraham Lucki’s work is a constant research of the world around him, of the scenery that has molded his life. He wants to understand the area, which is not his birthplace. He searched for the essence of things and his paintings became more and more abstract. Large canvases with rather monochromatic paint laid on them: Shades of brown, burnt sienna, a huge yellow patch and a little green. The yellow patch is the sun, which shines the whole year round in the desert area where Lucki lives. The browns are the color of the earth and the green - spots of vegetation, mainly man-made. The research continued. Colored, textured lines with tactile presence, took the place of the patches. Each line has its own meaning, a kind of landscape logo. The paintings are small: asymmetric arches depict the hills surrounding his home, a lone, straight line is a road crossing the land, lines that crisscross might illustrate the desert and, surely, parallel lines are furrows. The forms repeat themselves in various shapes, in keeping with the symbols and their meaning, but also with an eye on aesthetic aspects.

 

 
1. SPIRIT OF THE NEGEV 1, MIXED MEDIA 100 X 120 CM
US$ 4850

2.LANDSCAPE LOGO, MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 22 X 29 CM
US$ 1850

3.WITH DESERT COLORS, MIXED MEDIA 80 X 120 CM
US$ 4850




 

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In the next layer of Abraham Lucki’s work, the ‘logo’ was executed on large canvases, while still searching for the essence of the place. Using the same symbolic lines and colors on a big scale changed the character of the paintings. In the small paintings, the colors and lines fade into the paper. In the large ones all the surface is utilized. Every line, every spot proclaimed their presence. It is curious how a few lines and patches of color achieve such physical depth. The answer is in the color, its texture and in the technique used. Lucki uses dissolved pigments of translucent, colored lacquer. The secret is double: Different levels of dilution of the color and manipulation of the layers. The result is a variety of shiny or dull, opaque to transparent colors. The textures also vary, sometimes just a color, others, a real, tactile object. In his present work Abraham Lucki has combined the large canvases with the abstract ‘Landscape Logo’ symbols together with elements of his artistic work in the past. On a background of rectangular patches that are interlace with the dynamic desert hued ‘logo’ lines, he has painted in thin lines a Bedouin tent, an ancient ruin, a local building and other realistic elements. He has added a blue spot, a clear-sky blue patch that hasn’t appeared before in his paintings. The paintings in this catalogue are indication of the outcome of the search, and a promise of things to come.  ( Chavi Feingold, Art Curator )

Abraham LUCKI came to Israel in 1966.
Studied at the American Art School in Buenos Aires and at the Visual Art School of Beer Sheba -
Specialized in Silkscreen and Litography Printing.
Worked and Studied at the Jerusalem Print Workshop.
Studied Modern Art History at the Tel Aviv University.
Graduate of the Kalisher Tel Aviv School of Art.
Exhibited over fifteen (15) one man shows
And participated in many group-collective exhibitions, in Israel and abroad
Works by Abraham Lucki are part of many public and private collections in Europe and the U.S.A.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the Painters and Sculptors Association in Israel.
Member of the International Art Collective (IAC) - Barcelona - Spain.
Member of AAIAA - Art Addiction International Art Association - Sweden.
Abraham Lucki lives and works in Kibbutz Hatzerim
REPRESENTED
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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