Installation view. 2015
Touching Tenderly. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 22 1/2”
(LD15 01)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 1. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
18 5/8 x 34 ¾”
(LD15 02)
Certain Bird. 2015
Oil on canvas
42 1/4 x 36 1/4”
(LD15 03)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 2. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
20 5/8 x 17 5/8”
(LD15 04)
Urgent Bird. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
72 x 70”
(LD15 05)
Self-Illuminated. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
46 1/8 x 48 1/8”
(LD15 06)
The Costume. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
46 1/8 x 48 1/8”
(LD15 07)
Installation view. 2015
Gestation. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
96 1/8 x 84 3/8”
(LD15 08)
Odd Bird. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 22”
(LD15 09)
Luminous Plume. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 22”
(LD15 10)
The Pageantry. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 24”
(LD15 11)
Of Mixed Feather. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 24”
(LD15 12)
Dance of Attraction. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
46 x 48”
(LD15 14)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 3. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
17 ½ x 26”
(LD15 15)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 4. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
17 x 17 ½”
(LD15 16)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 5. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
17 ½ x 20 ¾”
(LD15 17)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 6. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
17 5/8 x 20 5/8”
(LD15 18)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 7. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
20 ½ x 17 ½”
(LD15 19)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 8. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
20 5/8 x 17 5/8”
(LD15 20)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 9. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
20 ½ x 17 ¾”
(LD15 21)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 10. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
20 ½ x 14 ¼”
(LD15 22)
The Flourish. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 24 1/8”
(LD15 23)
In Clear Light. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 22 ¼”
(LD15 24)
Proud Bird. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
48 x 46 ¼”
(LD15 25)
A Pink Parade. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 34 ¼”
(LD15 26)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions. 2012-15
Oil on canvas
76 x 72”
(LD15 27)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 11. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
17 5/8 x 16”
(LD15 28)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 12. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
17 5/8 x 15 5/8”
(LD15 29)
Kaleidoscopic Intentions 13. 2014
Colored pencil on paper, framed
17 1/2 x 20 5/8”
(LD15 30)
Lavi Daniel presents a series of abstract color paintings & drawings for his 4th exhibition with Rosamund Felsen Gallery. The work is informed by a deep admiration for specific non-Western textiles he & his former wife Diane (now deceased) dealt in. Through their efforts they were successful at placing them in the permanent collections of major art museums throughout the world. The recent works expand on designs found in Mbuti drawings made on pounded bark cloth, and the patterning of Kuba textiles, all made by the women of their tribes. Daniel has been profoundly influenced by their form and composition with gestures & markings painted over, under, around & through one another. At times, the works imply pictorial imagery. Meditations on the diversity of New Guinea’s Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise) also inspire Daniel to explore a kaleidoscopic range of color in building complex abstract compositions of rhythm and pattern.
Lavi Daniel first showed with the gallery in 2009. He has had a one artist exhibition at the Orange County Museum of Art, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Long Beach Museum of Art and Santa Monica Museum of Art. He has also had a retrospective at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena.
