dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler: Ilya Bolotowsky
titel: Abstract mural
jahr: 1937
adresse: Williamsburg Housing Project (social room), 178 Maujer St, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
+: WPA/FAP funded. Painted over but bleeding through. An oil painting is located in the Brooklyn Museum as a loan of the New York City Housing Authority.
«Ilya Bolotowsky’s Williamsburg mural was, in his words, “designed to improve proportions in a very shallow day room.” He achieved this with a light-colored background against which vibrantly colored geometric and biomorphic shapes hover in the air in tension with one another. The horizontal emphasis, punctuated by strong diagonals, suggests an expansive space not limited by the actual proportions of the room.» (Brooklyn Museum)
