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Tobi Kahn
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Tyla, 2001
acrylic on canvas over wood, 50"x40"x2"
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Born in New York in 1952, Tobi Kahn's art is a metamorphosis of color, shape and texture. He has had scores of solo exhibitions and is in about thirty public collections. He was selected as a "millenium artist" by the Albright-Knox Art Museum in Buffalo and was one of the year's recipients of the "Jewish Cultural Achievement Awards in the Arts". He usually has two or three travelling museum shows circulating across the country. He has also designed numerous important holocaust memorials around the country. Two important books about his work are currently available "Avoda, Objects of the Spirit" and "The Art of Tobi Kahn".
Kahn's acrylic paitings resemble those of no other artist. The precision in which they are created with multiple layers of gesso and paint immediately stand out in any museum or gallery group show. This signature style is extremely captivating and even in a relatively conservative area such as southwest Florida, his paitings are of great interest to visitors and collectors alike. While not always intentionla, the paintings often have a basis in nature; whether as heads, landscapes, flowers, aerial views of Earth, or microscopic forms. His titles do not give clue to the subject, since they are made up of combinations of consonants and vowels, and thus allow the viewer freedom to observe without bias.
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