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Le Buisson ardent
1982
Shirley Jaffe
Painting
147 x 225 cm
© Adagp, Paris, 2007
Shirley Jaffe's work is marked by a break from abstract expressionism at the beginning of the 1960s towards geometric forms, dropping gesture in favour of flat, elementary compositions. Shirley Jaffe's paintings are destabilising to the eye. Shapes are juxtaposed and superposed on the canvas. The colours she uses are those of geometric abstraction, pure and primary against an unchanging white background.
Shirley Jaffe's work is marked by a break from abstract expressionism at the beginning of the 1960s towards geometric forms, dropping gesture in favour of flat, elementary compositions. Shirley Jaffe's paintings are destabilising to the eye. Shapes are juxtaposed and superposed on the canvas. The colours she uses are those of geometric abstraction, pure and primary against an unchanging white background.
Shirley Jaffe
USA
Born in 1923
Born in 1923 in Elizabeth, New Jersey USA.
Lives and works in Paris.
After studying art at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York and the Philips Art School in Washington, Shirley Jaffe moved to Paris in 1949. From 1963 to 1964, she lived in Berlin on a scholarship from the Ford Foundation. Since 1952, she has regularly exhibited her work in Europe and the US. After a period of gestural painting which brought her closer to friends Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell and Jean-Paul Riopelle, her work took on a more geometric slant.
Lives and works in Paris.
After studying art at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York and the Philips Art School in Washington, Shirley Jaffe moved to Paris in 1949. From 1963 to 1964, she lived in Berlin on a scholarship from the Ford Foundation. Since 1952, she has regularly exhibited her work in Europe and the US. After a period of gestural painting which brought her closer to friends Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell and Jean-Paul Riopelle, her work took on a more geometric slant.
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