One of the most critically acclaimed artists of the 1970s, Jennifer Bartlett developed a signature grid - based approach to creating monumental modular paintings — often built out of
graph -
paper - gridded steel - and - enamel plates that she would then
compose on in enamel — that achieved The Clock - like success in the form of Rhapsody, a nearly 1,000 - plate piece that debuted at Paula Cooper in 1976.