ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
A Life Immersed in Abstraction: The Journey of Sonia Gechtoff Sonia Alice Gechtoff, born in Philadelphia in 1926 and passing away in New York City in 2018 at the age of 91, carved a significant place for herself within the landscape of American Abstract Expressionism. Her story is one woven with artistic lineage, geographical shifts, and a relentless dedication to exploring the emotive power of color and gesture. Growing up surrounded
by art was formative; her mother, Ethel “Etya” Gechtoff, managed prominent galleries – including the East West gallery in San Francisco – while her father, Leonid Gechtoff, a Ukrainian artist who fled Odessa, instilled in young Sonia a passion for painting from the tender age of five. This early exposure wasn’t merely observational; it was an immersive experience that laid the foundation for a lifelong commitment to artistic creation.…