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Color Field, Shaped Canvases by Mokha Laget in 2nd Solo Exhibition with David Richard Gallery

David Eichholtz

Jun 21, 2019
2 min

Color Field, Shaped Canvases by Mokha Laget in 2nd Solo Exhibition with David Richard Gallery

A fantastic selection of very colorful, bold paintings by artist Mokha Laget. These new and recent paintings are shaped canvases elegantly interwoven with stunning palettes and color juxtapositions that literally make the paintings pop out of the wall. Laget is a master of color, her pristine hued surfaces combined with keen insights into spacial geometry tempt viewer's with the possibility of three-dimensionality and monumentality on a two-dimensional picture plane. Laget is

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Harlem: Manhattan’s Newest Art Zone

David Eichholtz

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Harlem: Manhattan’s Newest Art Zone

Mokha Laget, “Watershed,” 2018, at the David Richard Gallery (©Mokha Laget) Harlem: Manhattan’s Newest Art Zone WhereTraveler.com By Jean Lawlor Cohen A must-see art show in a just-opened gallery north of Central Park Attention pilgrims of the ever-changing Manhattan art map! You’ve got more reason to turn eyes north, thanks to gallerists relocating from SoHo, Chelsea and points as far away as Santa Fe. The New York Times advises tracking both sides of Harlem—on the west, f

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Mokha Laget "Polychrome Polygons" at David Richard Gallery

David Eichholtz

May 30, 2019
1 min

Mokha Laget "Polychrome Polygons" at David Richard Gallery

Mokha Laget Signal Drift, 2018 Acrylic and flashe on shaped canvas 108" x 108" x 2" Copyright © Mokha Laget, Courtesy David Richard Gallery MOKHA LAGET Polychrome Polygons June 12 through July 13, 2019 ARTIST RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 5 to 8 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC 211 East 121 ST | New York, NY 10035 P: (212) 882-1705 www.davidrichardgallery.com David Richard Gallery is pleased to present, Polychrome Polygons, an exhibition of new paintings on shaped

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Op Art

David Eichholtz

Jan 10, 2019
4 min

Op Art

Op Art (also known as Optical Art) is a form of non-objective, non-representational, abstract art. It is very precise and exact, highly thought out and meticulously executed, there is no element of chance. Op Art is often rooted in mathematics, using geometric forms as building blocks, including lines and frequently based on a grid organization. The movement was most active during the early 1960s to the early 1970s. The Op Art geometric shapes and compositions are characte

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Color Theory

David Eichholtz

Jan 9, 2019
4 min

Color Theory

Color Theory, in art and design, refers to a set of principles and guidelines for working with color that includes pure colors (hues), their values, mixing and the perceptual effects of color. A complex topic with many different theories and the earliest color wheel from Sir Issac Newton. Most of the impact on Post War contemporary art is that derived from theorists and educators such as Johannes Itten (1888-1967) and his and publication of The Art of Color; Hans Hofmann (188

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Geometric Abstraction

David Eichholtz

Jan 9, 2019
3 min

Geometric Abstraction

Geometric Abstraction is an area of abstract art where the nonobjective compositions are comprised of geometric shapes and forms, including squares, cubes, rectangles, lines, circles, spheres, etc. that can be floating and not grounded or in highly structured and rigorous compositions. The roots of using geometric shapes and forms in artwork date back to ancient times and virtually every culture. However, in regards to the influence on modern and contemporary art, the art for

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Hard Edge Painting

David Eichholtz

Jan 9, 2019
3 min

Hard Edge Painting

Hard edge painting includes paintings in which individual colors have clear and distinct boundaries that separate the colors from one another. There is no physical blending of the colors, each color area is a single color. Hard edge painting can be observed in Geometric Abstraction, Op Art, Color Field painting and Post Painterly abstraction. Artists who practice hard edge painting: Richard Anuszkiewicz Ernst Benkert Mark Dagley Peter Demos Thomas Downing Gabriele Evertz Dean

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Artist Talk with Mokha Laget and Kathryn M Davis

MOKHA LAGET: IN SHAPE, IN COLOR
JENNIFER JOSEPH: BEDROOM PAINTINGS
GLORIA KLEIN: PATTERN PAINTING,

Michael Abatemarco - Santa Fe New Mexican

Sep 29, 2017
4 min

MOKHA LAGET: IN SHAPE, IN COLOR JENNIFER JOSEPH: BEDROOM PAINTINGS GLORIA KLEIN: PATTERN PAINTING,

Pasatiempo Santa Fe New Mexican September 29, 2017 Michael Abatemarco Mokha Laget: Crossbow, 2017, Flashe and pigment on shaped canvas; top Gloria Klein: Untitled 02, circa 1980, acrylic on canvas: bottom MOKHA LAGET: IN SHAPE, IN COLOR JENNIFER JOSEPH: BEDROOM PAINTINGS GLORIA KLEIN: PATTERN PAINTING,1975-1983 Through Oct. 7, David Richard Gallery, 1570-Al Pacheco St., 505-983-9555 One doesn't make comparisons between two or · more separate exhibits lightly, but in the case

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Visually Displaced

Emily Van Cleve

Sep 4, 2017
2 min

Visually Displaced

Mokha Laget, "Pinfire," flashe on shaped canvas, 58" x 104" x 1", 2017. Photo: Courtesy of David Richard Gallery. Mokha Laget's new work creates illusions of 3D structures floating in space September 3, 2017 by Emily Van Cleve Mokha Laget is excited about the direction her work has taken this year and thrilled to be showing her latest shaped paintings at David Richard Gallery in the show “In Shape, In Color,” which opens on September 8. “My work is about perceptual unreliabil

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Mokha Laget’s ‘In Shape, In Color’ at David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe

Aug 28, 2017
2 min

Mokha Laget’s ‘In Shape, In Color’ at David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe

Mokha Laget Cantilever, 2017 Flashe on shaped canvas 28.625 x 39 x 2 in The exhibition titled “In Shape, In Color” featuring the works of Algerian artist Mokha Laget will be on view at David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The selection of works on display features vibrantly stained canvases that create an illusion of 3D structures floating in space. Utilizing Hans Hofmann's theory of push and pull and Josef Albers’ teachings on color interactions Laget pushes these fu

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Mokha Laget "In Shape, In Color"

David Eichholtz

Aug 22, 2017
15 min

Mokha Laget "In Shape, In Color"

Click here to view exhibition catalogue INTRODUCTION Artists have pushed and pulled at the perimeter of the canvas for decades to take it out of the conventional rectangular format and transform it into something completely different. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York presented in 1964 one of the earliest exhibitions on this subject, The Shaped Canvas, that included Richard Smith, Frank Stella, Neil Williams, Sven Lukin and Paul Feeley. Around the same time, David

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Mokha Laget: In Shape, In Color

David Eichholtz

Aug 12, 2017
2 min

Mokha Laget: In Shape, In Color

MOKHA LAGET In Shape, In Color September 8 through October 7, 2017 Opening reception: Friday, September 8 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM Artist Talk: Mokha Laget with ArtBeat Santa Fe's Kathryn M Davis Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 6:30 - 8:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC 1570 Pacheco Street, Suite A1 | Santa Fe, NM 87505 P: (505) 983-9555 www.DavidRichardGallery.com Mokha Laget, Catwalk, 2017, Flashe on shaped canvas, 48 x 112 x 2" Mokha Laget In Her First Solo Exhibition with

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Shaped and Colored Canvases by Mokha Laget, Now Represented by David Richard Gallery

David Eichholtz

Aug 1, 2017
2 min

Shaped and Colored Canvases by Mokha Laget, Now Represented by David Richard Gallery

David Richard Gallery is pleased to announce representation of international artist, Mokha Laget. Below is a preview of new paintings that will be presented in September in her first solo exhibition with the gallery. Mokha Laget Moreover, 2017 Flashe on shaped canvas 29 x 38 x 2" In her current body of work, Laget pushes the interaction of color combined with shaped compositions to create the illusion of three-dimensional space. Laget takes advantage of Hans Hofmann's "pu

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