Abraham Michael Dayan

USA, born 1960

Ausgewählte Ausstellungen:
State Capitol Gallery (Atlanta), Lansdell Gallery (Atlanta)
International Art Festival (Savannah)
Southern Living Magazine "Ideahouse" (Savannah)
Bocca Raton Museum of Art Festival (Florida)
Zweiter Preis "window concept painting" (Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Savannah)

"Bold strokes, rich textures and a brave use of color are the hallmarks of this young Frenchman, Abraham Michael Dayan, who now paints from an urban studio in Savannah Georgia. Dayan is inspired by Picasso, but found his motivation, he says, by a visiting angel who instructed him to become a painter. Dayan rushed to market, bought paints and canvases and painted like a man possessed from his home near Paris. Dissatisfied at the results, Dayan burned his first 100 canvases and moved to the United States of America in 1999. In that time, Dayan has established himself as an up and coming contemporary artist. Prolific, sometimes completing two or three large canvases a week, Dayan has strayed from his early Picasso-inspired creations and continues to evolve his own style. Not pure Cubism, nor strictly linear, his work often defies categorization, but always imparts Dayan's sensitivity to the spirit of his figural models, the sensuality of organic still life and the complexity of urban streetscapes. The canvases mimic the artist filled with passion, emotion and boldness."
Text: Tim A. Rutherford (Managing Editor, Costal Antiques and Art, Savannah Georgia, USA)