{"product_id":"samia-halaby-centers-of-energy","title":"Samia Halaby: Centers of Energy","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9783777442686\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamia Halaby: Centers of Energy\u003c\/i\u003e will bring together approximately thirty-five of Halaby's paintings, prints, and drawings in the first-ever American survey of her work. Rather than presenting a chronological development of her artistic approach to abstraction, the exhibition catalogue will examine formal and thematic relationships across bodies of work, considering simultaneously the influence of her time spent in the Midwest, her years of teaching, and her analytic approach to generating forms, both on canvas and in computer code.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalaby's current explorations in large-scale painting will be explored alongside her earliest forays into abstraction, with examples of her prolific drawing practice permeating throughout. Significantly, her kinetic paintings will demonstrate the development of abstract forms into moving compositions of colour and texture. Halaby's current explorations in large-scale painting will be explored alongside her earliest forays into abstraction, with examples of her prolific drawing practice permeating throughout. Significantly, her kinetic paintings will demonstrate the development of abstract forms into moving compositions of colour and texture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamia Halaby (b. 1936) is widely recognized as a pioneer in twentieth-century abstraction and computer-generated art. She is a leading scholar on Palestinian art. In the last twenty years, Halaby has expanded her practice to larger, more ambitious paintings and canvas-based assemblages. She is an early practitioner of digital art, teaching herself programming languages and generating \"kinetic paintings\" of colourful shapes, sounds, and te","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":43027231670361,"sku":"PR915967","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/image_TIBIWOO1NEUE.jpg?v=1769721586","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/samia-halaby-centers-of-energy","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}