- Artist/Maker:
- Amnon Ben-Ami
- Bio:
- Israeli, b. 1955
- Title:
- Cushions
- Date:
- 2017
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 92 1/2 × 69 11/16 in. (235 × 177 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
- Accession Number:
- 2022-60
Not On View
Amnon Ben-Ami questions the foundations of abstraction, implying that it does not preclude the depiction of recognizable objects. This painting is based on a pair of decorative pillows that the artist’s wife acquired while on vacation in Thailand. Flattened into two dimensions and compressed into two windowlike squares, the cushions become functionally abstract. The title of the work registers as a deadpan joke.
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