{"id":149684,"date":"2020-12-09T15:47:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=149684"},"modified":"2020-12-10T11:50:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:50:41","slug":"the-reality-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/09\/the-reality-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reality of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe visual is a language that must be learnt too, as one learns French or English or Arabic,\u201d said the artist and poet Etel Adnan in an interview earlier this year with <\/em>Apartamento.<\/em> \u201cWhat I love about colours though is that we cannot own colour; we can only accept its reality.\u201d If anyone could stake a claim on color, though, it would be Adnan, now ninety-five and continuing her relentless pursuit of a vocabulary all her own. Few other artists wield such a range of shades with her confidence; it seems nearly impossible that one could encounter her paintings and tapestries without feeling the slightest spark of joy at the wild, vibrant hues she conjures: pungent neon greens, charred oranges, and sad, bluish grays light enough to display the mark of the brush. \u201cSeasons<\/a>,\u201d Adnan\u2019s second solo exhibition with Galerie Lelong & Co. in New York, will be on view through December 23, 2020. A selection of images from the show appears below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Etel Adnan, Au matin<\/em>, 2017, wool tapestry, 56 1\/4 x 78 3\/4″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etel Adnan, L\u2019Olivier<\/em>, 2019, wool tapestry, 55 x 78 3\/4″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etel Adnan, Plan\u00e8te 17<\/em>, 2020, oil on canvas, 13 x 8 5\/8″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etel Adnan, Terre de Feu<\/em>, 2018, wool carpet, 69 x 90 1\/2″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etel Adnan, Vignoble<\/em>, 2018, tapestry, 59 x 73″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etel Adnan, Plan\u00e8te 16<\/em>, 2020, oil on canvas, 13 x 8 5\/8″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etel Adnan, Signes<\/em>, 2015, ink on paper, book: 11 1\/2 x 3 1\/2″, full length: 165″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Etel Adnan, Plan\u00e8te 12<\/em>, 2020, oil on canvas, 13 x 8 5\/8″. \u00a9 Etel Adnan. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cSeasons<\/a>\u201d will be on view at Galerie Lelong & Co. through December 23, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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