Douglas Abdell

Douglas Abdell (born 1947) is an American sculptor, living and working in Malaga, Spain.

Douglas Abdell
Born (1947-03-16) March 16, 1947
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
EducationSyracuse University
Known forsculptor
MovementBronze Sculpture,

Early life and education
Douglas Abdell in Boston (Massachusetts, 1980) with welded steel sculpture "Qaeau Aekyad #2"

Abdell was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1947,[1] to parents of Lebanese and Italian origin. In 1970 he graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture.[2]

Career

Abdell is predominately a sculptor and has worked with cast and welded bronze, welded steel, and carved stone. In the early eighties he had a period of painting with oil, acrylics and mixed media collage works. In the last 30 years his work has been devoted to political and social themes related to the Mediterranean Countries and their history more specifically Phoenician and Arabic with their specific symbols and languages.[3] The materials of these works are cast bronze, carved stone and etchings. He is currently living in Malaga, Spain.

Selected exhibitions

Individual Exhibitions
  • 1971 – Graham Gallery, New York City.[4]
  • 1972 – Graham Gallery, New York City.[5]
  • 1977 – Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City.[6]
  • 1979 – Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City.[7]
  • 1979 – Park Avenue, New York City, New York.[8][9]
  • 1981 – Amerika Haus Berlin, West Germany.[10]
  • 1981 – "Berlín Phoenaes", Mike Steiner Studio Galerie, Berlin, Germany.[11]
  • 1981 – Dartmouth College Museum & Galleries Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover, New Hampshire.[12]
  • 1981 – Marisa del Re Gallery, New York City, New York.[13]
  • 1982 – Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York City.[14]
  • 1983 – Gallozzi-La Placa Gallery, New York City.[15]
  • 1985 – Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina.[16]
  • 1991 – "La Quarta Guerra Punica", Galleria Massimo Riposati, Roma, Italy.[17]
  • 1991 – "La Quarta Guerra Punica", Galleria Agorá, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.[18]
  • 1995 – "La unió dels Estats Fenicis", Pati Llimona, Barcelona, Spain.[19]
  • 1996 – "La unió deIs Estats Fenicis" Casal de Vespella de Gaiá Catalunya, Pati Llimona, Barcelona, Spain.[20]
  • 1996 – "Abdell, Unión de Los Estados Fenicios" Museo Pablo Gargallo, Zaragoza, Spain.[21]
  • 2005 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Museo de Adra, Centro de Arte, Adra, Almería, Spain.[22]
  • 2017 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Museo de Chiclana, Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain.[23]
  • 2018 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Museum of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.[24]
  • 2019 – "Abdell, El retorno del Fenicio" Antonio Gala Foundation, Córdoba, Spain.[25]

Works in museums and public collections
Qurefe Aekyad (1981), in sculpturepark Quadrat Bottrop Moderne Galerie, Germany

Bibliography
  • John Canaday (1972). Art: The Sculpture of Upper Volta. New York: The New York Times.[51]
  • Swartz, Carolyn (1981). Heavy Metal on Park Avenue. (Film of the installation of three sculptures on Park Avenue). New York City.[52]
  • Achille Bonito Oliva (1983). La Scuola di Atene: il sistema dell'arte. Firenze.[53]
  • Achille Bonito Oliva (1987). Erratici Percorsi. Roma.[54]
  • Lidia Reghini Di Pontremoli (1987). Transavanguardia in mostra ad Acireale - Il cielo scolpito da fasci di luce. Acireale.[55]
  • Achille Bonito Oliva (1989). Artoon, L'influenza del fumetto nelle arti visive del XX secolo. (Mostra, Palazzo Civiltà del lavoro, Roma, 1989-1990). Roma.[56]
  • Achille Bonito Oliva (1991). Arie. Rassegna internazionale di giovani scultori. Roma.[57]
  • Achille Bonito Oliva (1991). Abdell: la quarta guerra punica. Roma.[58]
  • Lidia Reghini Di Pontremoli (1998). I segni del fenicio. Roma.[59]

References
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  2. "Douglas Abdell he graduated B.F.A. in sculpture from Syracuse University in 1970". NYC Parks.
  3. "Douglas Abdell: Sculpture of Language and Landscape - By Legare Sinkler, Sept. 2017". Whitehot Magazine.
  4. "A Finding Aid to the James Graham & Sons Gallery Records, 2012" (PDF). Smithsonian Archives of American Art (page 33).
  5. "Art: The Sculpture of Upper Volta - By John Canaday - June 3, 1972". The New York Times Archives (page 22).
  6. "Woodstock Colony: 75 Years in Art". The New York Times Archives (page 57).
  7. "The sculpture of Douglas Abdell / interview by Gene Baro – Exposition: New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery. 1979". Centre Pompidou – Bibliothèque Kandinsky.
  8. "Three Abstractions Form Puzzle on Park Avenue". The New York Times (page 1).
  9. "PARK AVENUE History of Temporary Public Art" (PDF). City of New York, Parks & Recreation.
  10. "Douglas Abdell - Neue Skulpturen (1981)". Amerika Haus Berlin.
  11. "Berlin Phoenaes - Douglas Abdell". Studio Galerie Mike Steiner (Berlin), Andrew Crispo Gallery (New York City), Amerika Haus (Berlin).
  12. "Douglas Abdell: sculpture & drawings from the Aekyad series (exhibition 13 March to 19 April 1981)". N.H.: The Galleries, Hanover.
  13. "Sculptures and their related drawings: Douglas Abdell". New York: The Gallery, 1981.
  14. "Art in America, Summer 1983 (p.353)". Art in America, 1982.
  15. "Cohen, Ronnie, "Douglas Abdell", Artforum, January 1984 review of exhibit at Gallozzi-La Placa Gallery, p. 83". Artforum.
  16. "Spoleto Festival begins 9th run this week. By O'Neil Hendrick, 1985". Upi.
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  18. "Miti arcaici e suoni sintetici a Gibellina (Pag. 5)" (PDF). Trapani Nuova.
  19. "Abdell: la unió dels estats fenicis [textos: Joan Abelló, Achille Bonito Oliva]". Catàleg Col·lectiu de les Universitats de Catalunya.
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  21. "Abdell : Museo Pablo Gargallo, Zaragoza, 29 de febrero a 24 de marzo de 1996 / Unión de Los Estados Fenicios / Texte de Achille Bonito Oliva / Exposition. Saragosse, Museo Pablo Gargallo. 1996". Centre Pompidou – Bibliothèque Kandinsky.
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  24. "El retorno del fenicio en forma de escultura contemporánea. Museo de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain 26 de abril a 10 de junio de 2018". Diario de Cádiz, Cultura.
  25. "El retorno del Fenicio. Una mirada contemporánea a la antigüedad". Fundación Antonio Gala, 2019 (Córdoba, Spain.
  26. "AEFKAE-AEKYAD (ca. 1979) BY DOUGLAS ABDELL". Westbrook Modern, Ca.
  27. "Traux-Kryad, Sculpture, Douglas Abdell (CGA.1974.71)". Corcoran.
  28. "Kryad Poems by Douglas Abdell, Chelsea Press Incorporated, 1978 Collection H.H. Thyssen - Bornemisza, Lugano, Switzerland - Douglas Abdell: Sculpture of Language and Landscape". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art.
  29. "Krefe-Aekyad, 1980". Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University.
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  33. "Drawing for "Kcryeti-Aekyad #2" and "Kayefaux-Aekyad"". Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Museum.
  34. "Drawing for the Sculpture "Pnauxae-Aekyad"". Brooklyn Museum.
  35. "Painting, Douglas Abdell". Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth.
  36. "The Mc Nay Collection: Douglas Abdell - Springtime on Jupiter, 1982". Mc Nay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
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  42. "The Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry". Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive.
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  44. "Fizae-Aekyad, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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  49. "Seismic metal shoes (text by Shawne Neeper)". Symmetry Magazine.
  50. "Acquisitions et commandes Arts plastiques - 2019". Cnap (France).
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  53. "La Scuola di Atene: il sistema dell'arte". Firenze, 1983.
  54. "Erratici percorsi. XIX Rassegna Internazionale d'Arte di Acireale, a cura di Achille Bonito Oliva". Mazzotta, Milano.
  55. "Lidia Reghini di Pontremoli: Il cielo scolpito da fasci di luce" (PDF). Avanti (page 11).
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