Painting > Ara Pacis Series 2009-2010





Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Ara Pacis #1 Primary Space
Oil Paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
21.5 X 25.5 inches
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Ara Pacis #4 In Search of Belvedere Green
Oil Paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
22 X 14.5 inches
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Ara Pacis #5, #6 Fraternal Twins (diptych)
Oil Paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
19.5 X 35.5 inches
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Ara Pacis #12, #13 The Nightmare Within (diptych)
Oil Paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
23.5 X 39 inches
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Ara Pacis #14
Oil Paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
23.5 X 22.5 inches
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Ara Pacis #15, 16 (diptych)
Oil paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
21.5 X 25 inches in position
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Ara Pacis #17
Acrylic paint and oil paint on shaped canvas with wood dowels
22.25 X 25.5 inches
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Zen Corner, Brown (in position)
Oil paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
14 X 22.5 X 31 inches
2009
Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities.
Zen Corner, Yellow
Oil paint on shaped canvas and wood dowels
14 X 22.5 X 31 inches
2009

This was the beginning of the Ara Pacis Series. The title, Ara Pacis, translates from Latin as altar to peace. In the beginning, there were single pieces. Later the series developed to be diptychs, triptychs, and more, where the surrounding space is activated and is as important as the individual shapes and volumes. This way the entire wall is the canvas.

They are oil paint and wood dowels, on shaped canvas that mount flat on the wall, and sometimes even on the floor. I sometimes take days to design a shape to convey an inner peace, a temple of sorts.