Morad Shophet first developed his passion for art in the 1970's as a student living in NYC. What facilitated this love was his three-fold experience working as a bartender, supermarket teller, and art gallery custodian.
Along this fascinating journey, Morad met many interesting and influential up and coming artists and was able to forge relationships with many of them. Opportunities like this, and Morad's passion for art has led to where SHOPHET is today.
Over the last 40 years, Morad never allowed his love for art to dwindle. With an appreciation for the arts and a love for post-impressionism and abstract art, he has collected over 300 pieces of unique work. They hang in his home, children's homes, office, and anywhere else he can find a blank wall (including the garage and basement).
Morad, now with his son D.J., are focused on growing the family art collection. They have developed relationships with art galleries, dealers, and auction houses throughout the country, both big and small, to continue growing their impressive collection of work.
Techtonic
by Thomas Williams
*Currently In Production*
Commissioned Art Sculpture - 1 of 2
The intent of the design is to create a pair of sculptural shaped paintings that span a long horizontal wall. An asymmetric pair, they operate as a complement, in form and color, a sort of yin and yang. Together they appear as an expansive landscape, with cascading, folding forms, that evoke compressed space and implied depth.
The composition will consist of rhythmic patterns that travel horizontally, punctuated with a few dominant symbol shapes. The peremetere of the shape will be irregular and dynamic, reflecting and containing the internal forms. The two art works will be similar yet complementary the piece of the left (above) will have a masculine, tectonic flavor (the tesseract), while the piece on the right will be more feminine and organic (the flower). Finally, the pieces, are being painted, with an expressive, painterly treatment, using a range of techniques, including enamel, pearlescent, and oil paint.
Major Influences: Early abstract modernism, including Kupka, Klee, O'Keefe, and Moholy-Nagy.