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1948 Glendale, California - 1985. Known for: Geometric abstract painting.
Following is a Los Angeles Times Art Review by Suzanne Muchnic, May 13, 1986. A Revelation Of Sorenson And Might-have-been. Some artists never get off the ground, some soar and fade away, while... Read full biography
Following is a Los Angeles Times Art Review by Suzanne Muchnic, May 13, 1986. A Revelation Of Sorenson And Might-have-been. Some artists never get off the ground, some soar and fade away, while others are cut down so abruptly that we never know what they might have done. Don Sorenson was an artist... Read full biography
Following is a Los Angeles Times Art Review by Suzanne Muchnic, May 13, 1986. A Revelation Of Sorenson And Might-have-been. Some artists never get off the ground, some soar and fade away, while others are cut down so abruptly that we never know what they might have done. Don Sorenson was an artist of the third kind. He died last year at 36, a victim of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the throes of an aesthetic upheaval. He had won the County Museum of Art's Young Talent... Read full biography
Following is a Los Angeles Times Art Review by Suzanne Muchnic, May 13, 1986. A Revelation Of Sorenson And Might-have-been. Some artists never get off the ground, some soar and fade away, while others are cut down so abruptly that we never know what they might have done. Don Sorenson was an artist of the third kind. He died last year at 36, a victim of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the throes of an aesthetic upheaval. He had won the County Museum of Art's Young Talent Purchase Award in 1984 (with Gifford Myers), certainly a prestigious vote of confidence from the Establishment, but his last exhibition in Los Angeles, at the Roy Boyd Gallery in 1982, presented him in a state of turmoil. Sorenson had abandoned his... Read full biography
Following is a Los Angeles Times Art Review by Suzanne Muchnic, May 13, 1986. A Revelation Of Sorenson And Might-have-been. Some artists never get off the ground, some soar and fade away, while others are cut down so abruptly that we never know what they might have done. Don Sorenson was an artist of the third kind. He died last year at 36, a victim of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the throes of an aesthetic upheaval. He had won the County Museum of Art's Young Talent Purchase Award in 1984 (with Gifford Myers), certainly a prestigious vote of confidence from the Establishment, but his last exhibition in Los Angeles, at the Roy Boyd Gallery in 1982, presented him in a state of turmoil. Sorenson had abandoned his trademark abstractions--dynamic fields of zigzags interwoven with diagonal grids--and joined the fashionable parade of Neo-Ex... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty