Between working on paintings Bel-Jon started to experiment with his techniques for murals on metal. His love of metal had begun during his time in the L'Ecole du louvre laboratories. Once he began his experiments in Los Angeles he fell in love with the tone and quality of aluminum. Bel-Jon later wrote “As an artist, I had the compulsion to translate in art what I sensed of the energies and spirit of this prosperous land. The media of my experiences in Europe were obsolete, as far as I was concerned and I had no desire to imitate the American Artists of that time. Swept by the spirit of experimentation that I felt in the American climate, I began to forge new concepts.” Bel-Jon said that he found in the “white metals” of the U.S., the materials to reflect the “variations in mood, the dramatic emotionalism and the power and inventiveness of the West.” |
NIKOS BEL-JON - HIS LIFE AND ART |