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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement for Lois Di
Cosola
LOIS BOCK DiCOSOLA,
autobiographical narrative
‘When Willem de Kooning and I
met, we recognized in each
other the same ancient formal
passion for packing onto our
own private cave walls, a
panoply of personal
archaeological finds, through
the materiality of paint.‘
The Museum of...
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Artist Exhibitions:
LOIS Di COSOLA
Born: Lois Bock, Brooklyn,
New York; January 23, 1935
Telephone: (516) 822-5753
E-Mail:
loisdicosola@yahoo.com
Websites:
http://www.absolutearts.com/por
tfolios/l/loisd/
http://afonline.artistsspace.or
g/view_artist.php?aid=3599
Art Dealer: Galerie Aldonna
(212) 861-9318
Education
1950-53 Museum of
Modern ...
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Collections:
Museum of Modern Art,New York
City,USA; Library of
Congress,Washington D.C.;
Guild Hall
Museum,Easthampton,New
York,USA; and many public and
private collections
internationally....
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Reviews for Lois Di Cosola:
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LOIS Di COSOLA
A mind rich in sensitivity, highly original and intelligent, she is always sophisticated in her esthetic decisions, use of color, dynamic brushwork, superb draftsmanship, and inventive handling of textural surfaces- together with a rare capacity for subtle and economic design.
Each of her perceptions is a personal thumbprint, bringing biology and biography to our awareness. As with her paintings, her photographs capture the motion of life- where each image becomes a meaningful homage to our world.
Dr. Saul Levine- from ‘The Art of Lois DiCosola
"Her paintings are outstanding- Lois DiCosola has a masterful, sure brush stroke, and through an intricate interweaving of elements, makes an art of an elaboration of thoughts that become poetry."
Dr Manuel De La Torre
"the winner was Lois Bock (DiCosola)-who was best able to make fine use of the resources and feelings within herself..."
Art Kane, Seventeen magazine, June 1953 issue,
"...Lois's paintings are strong.. good color.."
Willem De Kooning
"...bold fields of color, studded with stunning insets of brilliantly pigmented plexiglas are as strong as any painting by Stella or Zox."
Cindy Nemser, Arts magazine,February,1970,
X12 pioneer feminist exhibition
"...freely painted action paintings with romantic overtones."
Jeanne Paris, Newsday, December, 1979,
"Lois DiCosola's etching, 'Moonlight' features powerful strokes and rich tonal depths."
Helen Harrison, New York Times, September, 1981
"DiCosola's line is as powerful and beautiful as Picasso's-- she is the total artist, whose range is extraordinary- an expert drafstman with a sophisticated color sense..."
Dr. Saul Levine, art historian
"I selected Lois DiCosola as my choice for 'Artists Select' at Finch College Museum because I enjoy her paintings and have great confidence in her ability."
James Brooks, Springs, Easthampton, New York
"Perhaps the best examples of direct expressive vigor are the drawings in Lois DiCosola's Sketchbook series. Her piercing penetrating use of shadow, color, stroke and graphic line to interpret part of the human face and body reveals both keen insight and a gift for invention."
Phyllis Braff, The Easthampton Star, February 11, 1982,
"used loose, free gesture to imply rather than delineate form...recalling the mysterious studies of Redon."
Helen Harrison, New York Times, February 14, 1982
"...The figure has rarely been done so beautifully."
Body Conscious exhibition,
Elaine Benson, Bridgehampton, New York, 1989
"...her Vessels paintings are beautiful and extremely interesting."
Dwight Lanmon, Director, Corning Glass museum, 1989
"A rich inventive imagination has enabled her to produce a poetic art throughout her life."
Manuel De La Torre, Architect- art collector
"Lois DiCosola's ink and brush drawings are outstanding works"
Rose Slivka, The Easthampton Star, June 6, 1991
"...Vessels paintings are mature, intelligent works."
Ivan Karp- OK Harris gallery, New York City, 1994
"...DiCosola's Variations- September 11th series of drawings and paintings are powerful works."
Simon Taylor, art historian-curator
"...continuing to work in the authentic style of abstract expressionism, the paintings of Lois DiCosola are as fresh and exciting as ever.."
GU.
"...wonderful work!"
Anita Shapolsky, New York, 2004
"Lois' knowledge of form and composition, as well as her ability to stylize, is an innate gift. As for her technique, that had already been honed during adolescence... driven by some intangibler inner impetus to create-embrace art with an uninterrupted continuum."
Elaine Booth Selig, writer, artist,former graphic arts director,Sesame Street
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