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Label Text:
Brui associated with the experimental graphic section of the Union of Artists, which attracted independent artists. Older colleagues introduced him to the work of the Russian avant-garde, and helped hone his skills as a printmaker. In 1959, the ambitious young artist organized his first exhibition, which he held in his apartment. Later, in his mid-twenties, Brui left the Soviet Union, eventually settling in France.

With its interplay of light and dark, Bridge is typical of Brui’s prints of the 1960s. The black curved lines evoke a complex architectural construction, while the spaces are filled with a multitude of patterns. Perhaps the dynamic distortions relate to the artist’s interest at the time in then-popular theories of the paradox of the shrinking or expanding universe.
BJ, 2014

Tags:
abstract; bridges; urban

Subjects:
Art, Abstract; Bridges; Cities and towns; Etching

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