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In 1977 Indiana conceived a new version of his iconic LOVE sculpture, AHAVA, using the Hebrew word for “love” in the same distinctive quadripartite composition that he had developed in the mid-1960s. The work embodies Indiana’s unique approach to sculptural form, translating the two-dimensional written word into a monumental sculpture ...
An oral history of pop’s most famous four-letter word. By Rachel Wolff on December 11, 2013. The composition of Robert Indiana’s unwaveringly iconic “LOVE” motif is simple enough: two pairs of letters stacked in a square, the L, the V and the E standing tall and crowded around an italicized O.
13 lut 2017 · By 1977, Indiana started translating his LOVE design into other languages. His first translation, AHAVA (1977) means "love" in Hebrew. After being exhibited in Central Park, the piece was gifted to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Indiana first began experimenting with his stacked LOVE image in 1964, in a series of rubbings that he sent to friends as Christmas cards. This drawing was given to Gene Swenson, an art critic and early champion of the artist’s work.
18 lis 2015 · 1. THE EARLY RENDITIONS WERE STARKLY DIFFERENT. In 1961, Indiana painted a canvas in different shades of red that said "LOVE" on the bottom and had four stars, which he would credit as giving...
An icon of American Modern Art — LOVE — 1969-1999, is the signature work of art by artist Robert Indiana. The word Love in upper-case letters, arranged in a square with a tilted letter “O”. Beginning in 1964, Indiana began to create images and objects using the word LOVE.
31 gru 2020 · In 1977, artist Robert Indiana conceived a new version of his iconic LOVE sculpture, which he titled אהבה (ahava). It uses the four Hebrew letters that comprise the word for “love” in the same distinctive composition of the world-famous work of Pop Art.
