Richard Serra's Left Corner Horizontal (1977), a dense black expanse of oilstick on linen, produces a physical and spatial void that appears impenetrable. (fadmagazine.com)
«Just as James Baldwin reflected on how Americans have made «an abstraction of the Negro,»» the Sotheby's essay continues, «here the application of oilstick and gesso on panel combined with the dense overlaying of text create an overall abstraction in relief, its clarity strained in its riveting textural denseness.» (culturetype.com)
But for his next show with Canada, Bradley delivered a group of sparse oilstick drawings on dirty unprimed canvases. (bloomberg.com)