Vasa Velizar Mihich Abstract Sculptures
Yugoslavian, American, b. 1933
Academically trained as a painter, Vasa Mihich originally taught theories of color as a senior Professor of Design at the University of California, Los Angeles. The octogenarian artist has been creating his striking transparent acrylic forms since the late 1960’s in his Los Angeles studio and continues to this day to be a forward-thinking innovator. to
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Artist: Vasa Velizar Mihich
Four Columns #1497
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional 4 column tower work by Vasa Mihich. Great colors used on this piece which tend toward the pastel. Great for an entryway or room that has a lot of natural light. On ...
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Hand Signed Dated 2001 Colorful Acrylic Vasa Laminated Lucite Triangle Sculpture
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Surfside, FL
Rhomboid, 2001
Laminated acrylic
Signed and dated: Vasa / 2001
9.5" H x 4.5" W x 2.5" D (size is approximate)
Vasa Velizar Mihich (born 1933), known as Vasa, is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Yugoslavia, Vasa has lived in Los Angeles since his arrival in the United States in 1960. He is an academically trained painter and was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA in the Department of Design and Media Arts. He taught theories of color to understand interdependence and interaction of color and form, color and quantity, color and placement, and after-image. In the 1960s, Vasa developed techniques for working with cast laminated acrylic forms based on simple Euclidean shapes. These prisms of luminous construction are created by composing colored planes within these geometric forms. To fully appreciate these works of art, it is essential to observe them from different angles―the sculptures dimensionality contributes to an ever-changing appearance.
Now retired as a professor emeritus, Vasa focuses on his conceptual art practice. His studio, designed to accommodate the technology required for his work, is located in the heart of Los Angeles. He makes laminated acrylic sculptures that reflect and refract light. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in the United States, Japan, Italy and Serbia, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Palm Springs Desert Museum.
Vasa is best known for his sculptures made from colored pieces of the plastic, poly(methyl methacrylate), which is also known as acrylic and by the brand names Plexiglas and Lucite. Untitled from 1975, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates the effect of these minimalist sculptures. His work straddles the West Coast Light and Space art movement, Artists such as Robert Irwin, James Turrell, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman, Billy Al Bengston, Peter Alexander, and Lita Albuquerque...
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Triangular color Column
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in New York, NY
Delightful and fabulous to live with - great to put on tables, shelves, mantles, desks and even better if they can be near natural light coming in. Amazing to turn and see the diffe...
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Irregular Shape #1, Color Sculpture in Resin
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in New York, NY
This amazing Triangular sculpture by Vasa Mihich can completely transform any spot and be future forward as well in the vision of what sculpture and 3 dimensional form can do in spac...
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Tower #1342
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in New York, NY
This spectacular and important column by Vasa Mihich has a lovely color palette and complexity of geometric design that affords endless interest. Mihich is the master of acrylic res...
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Pink Brick House
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vasa Mihich is a renowned Los Angeles-based artist known for his sleek, colorful, and captivating acrylic sculptures. He was a Senior Professor of Design at the University of Califor...
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Slika #241 IN Painting
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in New York, NY
A great opportunity to own a painting by Vasa Mihich. These works are future forward as they are based on computer-generated programs with a focus on aesthetics. Meaning Vasa wante...
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Early 2000s Abstract Vasa Velizar Mihich Abstract Sculptures
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Hand Signed Dated 1993 Colorful Acrylic Vasa Laminated Lucite Triangle Sculpture
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Surfside, FL
Irregular triangle, 1993
Laminated acrylic
Hand signed and dated: Vasa / 1993
4" H x 12" W x 3" D (size is approximate)
Vasa Velizar Mihich (born 1933), known as Vasa, is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Yugoslavia, Vasa has lived in Los Angeles since his arrival in the United States in 1960. He is an academically trained painter and was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA in the Department of Design and Media Arts. He taught theories of color to understand interdependence and interaction of color and form, color and quantity, color and placement, and after-image. In the 1960s, Vasa developed techniques for working with cast laminated acrylic forms based on simple Euclidean shapes. These prisms of luminous construction are created by composing colored planes within these geometric forms. To fully appreciate these works of art, it is essential to observe them from different angles―the sculptures dimensionality contributes to an ever-changing appearance.
Now retired as a professor emeritus, Vasa focuses on his conceptual art practice. His studio, designed to accommodate the technology required for his work, is located in the heart of Los Angeles. He makes laminated acrylic sculptures that reflect and refract light. He has had solo exhibitions at galleries in the United States, Japan, Italy and Serbia, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Palm Springs Desert Museum.
Vasa is best known for his sculptures made from colored pieces of the plastic, poly(methyl methacrylate), which is also known as acrylic and by the brand names Plexiglas and Lucite. Untitled from 1975, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, demonstrates the effect of these minimalist sculptures. His work straddles the West Coast Light and Space art movement, Artists such as Robert Irwin, James Turrell, John McCracken, Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman, Billy Al Bengston, Peter Alexander, and Lita Albuquerque...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Vasa Velizar Mihich Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Lucite
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