EVGENII BRUKMAN “ABSTRACT COMPOSITION” COLLAGE

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EVGENII BRUKMAN (LITHUANIAN/DENMARK, 1925�2011) MIXED MEDIA AND TEXTILE COLLAGE ON PANEL.SIGNED “BRUKMAN” LOWER RIGHT. AN AVANT-GARDE ABSTRACT COMPOSITION FEATURING A CENTRAL SHIELD-LIKE VOLUMETRIC FORM 13 X 12.5 IN AT SIGHT 21.5 X 20.375 IN FRAMED EVGENII BRUKMAN, ALSO KNOWN AS EUGENE ZALMAN BRUKMAN, WAS AN INTERNATIONAL MULTI-FACETED AVANT-GARDE ARTIST RECOGNIZED AS A PIONEER OF VOLUMETRIC,…

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EVGENII BRUKMAN (LITHUANIAN/DENMARK, 1925�2011)
MIXED MEDIA AND TEXTILE COLLAGE ON PANEL.SIGNED “BRUKMAN” LOWER RIGHT.
AN AVANT-GARDE ABSTRACT COMPOSITION FEATURING A CENTRAL SHIELD-LIKE VOLUMETRIC FORM
13 X 12.5 IN AT SIGHT
21.5 X 20.375 IN FRAMED
EVGENII BRUKMAN, ALSO KNOWN AS EUGENE ZALMAN BRUKMAN, WAS AN INTERNATIONAL MULTI-FACETED AVANT-GARDE ARTIST RECOGNIZED AS A PIONEER OF VOLUMETRIC, THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSPARENT PAINTING. HE STUDIED PAINTING AT THE ART ACADEMY IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO ISRAEL IN 1973 AND EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN DENMARK, WHERE HE LIVED AND WORKED FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE. BRUKMAN’S UNIQUE PLASTIC LANGUAGE SOUGHT TO DEPICT MULTI-DIMENSIONALITY BY REJECTING NATURAL GEOPHYSICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN FAVOR OF INTENSE HARMONIC FORMATIONS CREATED VIA INTERPLAYING LIGHT, TRANSPARENT COLOR, AND VOLUMETRIC TEXTURES. HIS ACCLAIMED WORKS ARE PRESERVED IN DISTINCT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE PRAGUE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN COPENHAGEN, AND THE GLYPTOTEK MUSEUM.