Pendleton is invested in what machines can do for him, as the cover of the do - it - yourself photocopied version of the Reader indicates, «
Black Dada, what can
black dada do for me, do for me,
black dada.»
The
Black Dada paintings — black - on - black paintings that pair cropped images of Sol LeWitt's Incomplete Open Cube sculptures with letters from the phrase
BLACK DADA — test the boundaries between the materiality of sculpture and the abstraction of language.
Pendleton groups together works from his OK DADA OK
BLACK DADA OK and System of Display series, along with two multi-paneled silkscreen ink on Mylar works.
Pendleton also continues to expand the visual language of his
Black Dada project, whose core paintings depict cropped images of Sol LeWitt's Incomplete Open Cubes (1974) with isolated letters from the phrase «
BLACK DADA.»
The breakdown of language is part of what Pendleton refers to as «
Black dada», a term he has used since 2009 for his most important and extensive series to date.
The subtitle asks «what can
black dada do for me?»
«
BLACK DADA READER» By Adam Pendleton (Koenig Books).
Pendleton groups together works from his OK DADA OK
BLACK DADA OK and System of Display series, along with two m