Salon Art Shopping

( Peintre) - Edition Automne 2010

%u201CArmenian-born, Los-Angeles-based artist Vera Arutyunyan combines primary colors and an aggressive brushstroke style toward a decidedly contemporary version of Abstract Expressionism.
Although the masters of the 50s like Pollock and de Kooning created a similar aesthetic 40 years prior, Vera's emotionally charged paintings appear forever in the moment. The artist's vigorous and
defined brushstrokes are filled to the brim with the very energy of her technique-the very motions of her wrist. In total, they are primary color-infused visions of action painting forever frozen in time. If every element of the artist's application process is clearly readable upon her finished canvas, Vera means it that way. Highly conscious of all those masters who have tried their hand at the blank canvas before her, Vera paints on, and with a vengeance that brings the viewer up to-date. Somewhere between the mist of Turner and the drips and splashes of Rauschenberg, Vera stands tall on today's contemporary
art scene for her reinvigoration and renewal not only of a painting style, but also a frame of mind.%u201D
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