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Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

American, b. 1962

Yari Ostovany is an Iranian-born American abstract artist. He creates richly textured, layered color field paintings that explore processes of metamorphosis. He has lived in Tehran, Cologne, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Reno and is currently based in New York City. The paintings Ostovany creates, unfold over time, evolving as layers of pigment are added, washed out, covered over, scraped away, dissolved and then more layers added. He is attracted to the alchemistical transformation of formal elements like light, color, texture and space into compositions that are more than the sum of their disparate parts. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions. He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting. Ostovany’s works are included in many private collections around the world, as well as the collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, the Pasargad Bank Museum in Tehran, and the Collection of the Art Department of the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Artist: Yari Ostovany
Verse L (Abstract painting)
Verse L (Abstract painting)

Verse L (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Verse L (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical trad...

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2010s Abstract Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Architect 3 (Abstract painting)
The Architect 3 (Abstract painting)

The Architect 3 (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

The Architect 3 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mysti...

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2010s Abstract Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting)
The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting)

The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary m...

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2010s Abstract Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)
Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper. Unframed. Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany fee...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)
Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Oil on paper. Unframed. Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet comple...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)
Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper. Unframed. Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany fee...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Verse XLIX (Abstract painting)
Verse XLIX (Abstract painting)

Verse XLIX (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Verse XLIX (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical t...

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2010s Abstract Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Alchemist XIII (Abstract painting)
The Alchemist XIII (Abstract painting)

The Alchemist XIII (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

The Alchemist XIII (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary my...

Category

2010s Abstract Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Conference of the birds no 40
Conference of the birds no 40

Conference of the birds no 40

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Oil on paper. Unframed. Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions. He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting. Conference of the Birds...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Sonnet 9 (Abstract painting)
Sonnet 9 (Abstract painting)

Sonnet 9 (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Sonnet 9 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical tra...

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2010s Abstract Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting)
Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting)

Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting)

By Yari Ostovany

Located in London, GB

Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary my...

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2010s Abstract Yari Ostovany Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Paper

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