Edward Avedisian was included in the annual of the Whitney Museum for the first time in 1963, and two years later, the new direction in art was given recognition by the Museum of Modern Art in its exhibition, “The Responsive Eye.“ Avedisian was among the artists included in the show that curator William Seitz stated consisted of works that “exist less as objects to be examined than as generators of perceptual responses in the eye and mind of the viewer." Critic John Canaday observed that the exhibition presented art that left behind the “sloppiness” that had previously marked avant-garde in favor of “art forms that demand technical perfection as an integral part of expression."Avedisian was also represented in the Whitney Museum’s “Young America” 1965 and the aforementioned Expo 67. [Edward Avedisian “The Monkey Clu” 1963 acrylic on canvas 68 x 68 inches] #edwardavedisian #avedisisn #beachball #colorfield #colorpainting #1960s #responsiveeye #whitneymuseum #hudsonny #nycart #abstractart #abstraction #acrylicpainting #chelseagalleries #nycgalleries #modernart #berrycampbell (at Berry Campbell) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwyETmelgsj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fg4fbasrmav3