His work was influenced by a religio-philosophical conceptualization of space icons found in ancient religions and cultures, such as Egyptian symbolism and Buddhist Spiritualism. Orr worked with the "phenomenological exploration of perception." His body of work also includes monochromatic paintings, and large scale fountains (with water & fire). stone, metal, water, and fire, gold leaf, lead, blood, human skull, and AM/FM radio parts. In both his installations, sculpture and paintings, Eric Orr worked with elemental qualities of natural materials, e.g. Guggenheim Museum, New York the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Pompidou, Paris Orr died in Venice, California, in 1998." His archives are available at The Getty Research Institute. His work can be found in many public and private collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York the Solomon R. Orr participated in a number of international exhibitions during his life, including documenta VII (1982), the Sydney Biennale (1986), and the Venice Biennale (1986). Orr's work incorporated a broad range of cultural references, including space icons found in ancient religions and cultures, Egyptian symbolism, and Buddhist spiritualism. Orr's work spanned a variety of artistic practices (including installation art, sculpture, painting, and performance art that challenged the definition of art making. A key figure of the Light and Space movement, Orr developed alongside Southern California conceptual art and created perceptual-based installations commonly associated with Light and Space art. Before moving to Los Angeles in 1965, Orr was a civil rights worker in Mississippi. His great talent soon came to the attention of various art dealers: first Max G.Ĭolor lithograph, hand signed in pencil and numbered from edition of 75Įric Orr (1939–1998) is an artist who lived and worked in Venice, California from 1965–1998. Nastasio created works both pictorial and plastic in collaboration with famous architects such as: Figini and Pollini, De Carli, Gardella, Faranda, Selleri, Ponti. In 1966-67 he obtained the chair at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera and for thirty years he devoted himself to the teaching of Art Education in various schools. A regular reader of the great sapienzal texts of antiquity, he trained in particular on the Bible which he illustrated with woodcuts, aquatints, etchings and linocuts, especially the Song of Songs, the book of Ecclesiastes and several pages of the Gospels He also drew his inspiration from the philosophical-religious tradition of the Eastern world through the reading of Rig-Veda, Upanisad and the Matnavi of Rumi. He then moved on to Quinto de Stampi at the De Andreis foundry where Marino Marini, Pomodoro, Rudy Wach, Strebelle, Negri and Rosental operated. He worked at the MAF foundry with the master Tullio Figini who shared the secrets of the lost wax Renaissance fusion and where he met the masters Crocetti, Manfrini, Manzu, Minguzzi, Fabbri. In 1960 he attended the Atelier of Giorgio Upilio where Giacometti, Lam, Fontana, De Chirico worked and where he had the opportunity to study the themes of the inspiring myths. In 1952 he followed the “free school of the nude” led by Aldo Salvatori. A large vase of purple flowers and lots of greenery in set on a purple table and is exploding with color and energy.Īlessandro Nastasio was born in Milan in 1934. Regal Flower Arrangement is an original limited edition( 25/50 ) lithograph by Alessandro Nastasio.
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