Vasa Velizar Mihich (Yugoslavian / American, b. 1933), Three Triangular Prism Sculptures

colored acrylic, each signed and dated 1989, tallest numbered #H238 (18 in.), the second #H169 (16 in.), and the shortest #H234 (14 in.).
An academically trained painter born in Yugoslavia, Vasa became a member of the faculty at the University of Belgrade when he was 23. During a visit to Paris, he became aware of the growing importance of American art, and a few years later immigrated to the United States. Upon arrival in Los Angeles, Vasa began working with three-dimensional painted constructions. This work was first shown in the Feigen-Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles and was included in the seminal exhibit American Sculptures of the Sixties at the Los Angeles County Art Museum. In 1967, Vasa began working with plastic. Interested in placing color in open space, he began to use clear plastic as a structural support for different planes of transparent color. Expecting to explore this work for a few years, Vasa still continues to discover new possibilities with the medium. In the words of former art critic of the Los Angeles Times, Henry Seldis, Vasa has become "the most sensuous and sensational colorist of the Southern California artists working in plastic." Vasa lives and works in Los Angeles.

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Tallest with mark near base and scratch to upper; 16 in. with two small chips, otherwise good estate condition.