Etel Adnan at White Cube Hong Kong

posted on: May 15, 2015

From 4 June until 29 August 2015, White Cube gallery in Hong Kong is displaying the works of Etel Adnan.

For her first exhibition in Hong Kong, Etel Adnan is presenting a selection of new paintings. Her works cross various cultures and disciplines, inspired by literature, philosophy, and the natural world. Her work process involves laying her canvases flat out on a table, and using a palette knife to apply the paint across the surface. Her parents are linked to the early Modernism movement, sharing particular affinity with the French landscapes of Russian artist Nicolas de Staël and the paintings of Paul Klee.

Born in 1925 in Beirut, Lebanon, Etel Adnan is a writer and artist who is well known for her poetry, novels, and plays, as well as drawing and painting. She has taught Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics at Dominican College in San Rafael, California.

Source: en.artmediaagency.com