Three domestically inclined pencil and
white acrylic drawings from 1965 — 66 present a link to the surprisingly figurative beginning of Truitt's large - scale sculpture practice, First, 1961, a section of ersatz white picket fencing perhaps plucked from her suburban neighborhood in Washington, DC.
Not exact matches
Painted on un-primed supports, fields of dark charcoal or pencil -
drawn areas on modulated titanium or zinc
white acrylic fields respond to each other to create a delicate interplay of opposing forces.
Working exclusively in black and
white, Yoshimura prepared a series of aluminum - mounted on wood panel pieces where he
draws intricate imagery using marker,
acrylic, spray, and grease pencil.
Included in the exhibition are
acrylics,
drawings, etchings, gouaches, lithographs, screen prints by such noted artists as Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Eldizer Cortor, Jacob Lawrence, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Charles
White and many other outstanding artists.
The same year he began exploring the idea of monochromatic canvases — a series of
acrylic drawings consisting of
white and off -
white squares arranged into groups of three to five panels — but tabled the idea a year later to focus his attention on paintings organized around a nine square grid structure.
Of course, there were many thematic and visual references to poverty and exclusion that were framed by the discourse of art history — as in a metal construction by Jannis Kounellis [who died in February this year] that combines a hard - edged steel - cast minimalist frame with multicoloured rags of Arte Poveraat
White Cube, for example; or in a an arresting display of Sadie Benning's «
drawings» made of wood, Aqua - Resin, casein and
acrylic gouache with motifs reminiscent of African textilesat Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; or works about otherness framed by the formerly excluded, or on their behalf — as in a display from the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa; or Andres Serrano's unforgettable photographs of notable figures in American pop culture, such as his portrait of Snoop Dogg (America)(2002) placed next to that of Donald Trump, on view at Galerie Nathalie Obadia.
4/5 + 2 AP Frank Stella Untitled, 1959 Enamel on canvas board 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches Collection of Bill and Sheila Lambert Dan Flavin «monument» for V. Tatlin, 1967 cool
white fluorescent light 96 x 28 x 5 inches Robert Morris Untitled, 1976 - 1980 Felt with metal grommets 96 x 85 x 20 inches Back Gallery Richard Serra Untitled, 1975 Paintstick on paper 37 3/8 x 49 5/8 inches Private collection, Switzerland Ad Reinhardt Black Painting, 1960 - 1966 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 inches Tony Smith New Piece, 1966 Welded bronze, chemically treated black 20 3/4 x 43 1/2 x 42 inches Jo Baer Untitled, 1972 Oil on canvas 72 x 72 inches Second Floor (left to right) Rotunda Agnes Martin Untitled, 1965 Black ink on paper 11 x 11 inches David Hammons Untitled (Basketball Drawing), 2006/7 Dirt on paper, wood frame, asphalt Overall: 120 1/2 x 100 x 27 inches Robert Indiana Love, 1966 - 1999 Stainless steel 36 x 36 x 18 inches Front Gallery Andy Warhol Ambulance Disaster, c. 1963 Silkscreen ink on paper 40 x 30 inches Anselm Reyle Untitled, 2006 Mixed media on canvas, acrylic box 92 x 78 1/2 inches Mark Grotjahn Untitled (White Butterfly), 2002 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 inches Sol LeWitt Progressive Structure, 1997 Painted wood 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 inches Agnes Martin Untitled, 1960 Oil and ink on linen 12 x 12 inches Liza Lou Comfort Blanket, 2005 Cotton and glass beads 29 1/2 x 53 1/8 inches Private collection, New York Günter Uecker Gegenstroemung II, 1965 Nails on canvas, painted with white color 32 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 3/4 i
white fluorescent light 96 x 28 x 5 inches Robert Morris Untitled, 1976 - 1980 Felt with metal grommets 96 x 85 x 20 inches Back Gallery Richard Serra Untitled, 1975 Paintstick on paper 37 3/8 x 49 5/8 inches Private collection, Switzerland Ad Reinhardt Black Painting, 1960 - 1966 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 inches Tony Smith New Piece, 1966 Welded bronze, chemically treated black 20 3/4 x 43 1/2 x 42 inches Jo Baer Untitled, 1972 Oil on canvas 72 x 72 inches Second Floor (left to right) Rotunda Agnes Martin Untitled, 1965 Black ink on paper 11 x 11 inches David Hammons Untitled (Basketball
Drawing), 2006/7 Dirt on paper, wood frame, asphalt Overall: 120 1/2 x 100 x 27 inches Robert Indiana Love, 1966 - 1999 Stainless steel 36 x 36 x 18 inches Front Gallery Andy Warhol Ambulance Disaster, c. 1963 Silkscreen ink on paper 40 x 30 inches Anselm Reyle Untitled, 2006 Mixed media on canvas,
acrylic box 92 x 78 1/2 inches Mark Grotjahn Untitled (White Butterfly), 2002 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 inches Sol LeWitt Progressive Structure, 1997 Painted wood 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 inches Agnes Martin Untitled, 1960 Oil and ink on linen 12 x 12 inches Liza Lou Comfort Blanket, 2005 Cotton and glass beads 29 1/2 x 53 1/8 inches Private collection, New York Günter Uecker Gegenstroemung II, 1965 Nails on canvas, painted with white color 32 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 3/4
acrylic box 92 x 78 1/2 inches Mark Grotjahn Untitled (
White Butterfly), 2002 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 inches Sol LeWitt Progressive Structure, 1997 Painted wood 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 inches Agnes Martin Untitled, 1960 Oil and ink on linen 12 x 12 inches Liza Lou Comfort Blanket, 2005 Cotton and glass beads 29 1/2 x 53 1/8 inches Private collection, New York Günter Uecker Gegenstroemung II, 1965 Nails on canvas, painted with white color 32 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 3/4 i
White Butterfly), 2002
Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 inches Sol LeWitt Progressive Structure, 1997 Painted wood 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 inches Agnes Martin Untitled, 1960 Oil and ink on linen 12 x 12 inches Liza Lou Comfort Blanket, 2005 Cotton and glass beads 29 1/2 x 53 1/8 inches Private collection, New York Günter Uecker Gegenstroemung II, 1965 Nails on canvas, painted with white color 32 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 3/4
Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 inches Sol LeWitt Progressive Structure, 1997 Painted wood 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 49 1/4 inches Agnes Martin Untitled, 1960 Oil and ink on linen 12 x 12 inches Liza Lou Comfort Blanket, 2005 Cotton and glass beads 29 1/2 x 53 1/8 inches Private collection, New York Günter Uecker Gegenstroemung II, 1965 Nails on canvas, painted with
white color 32 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 3/4 i
white color 32 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches
Often incorporating life size imagery, these paintings combine collage with
acrylics,
drawings and oils, mosaics of real textures, and black and
white photographs.
That same year Erik began experimenting with monochromatic works — a series of
acrylic drawings consisting of
white and off -
white squares arranged into groups of three to five panels — but tabled the idea a year later focusing his attention instead on paintings organized around a nine square grid structure (3 rows x 3 columns).
Central to the exhibition is a group of gradient paintings made exclusively with black and
white acrylic exterior house paint that has been blended and forced through sheets of burlap laid face - down on a variety of objects and surfaces (from plastic tiles and garbage bags to silkscreened enlargements of Hagen's own high school
drawings) that act as molds, effectively casting the paint, or becoming embedded elements in the surface of the works themselves.
This
drawing series is the exhibition's garish centerpiece, with captions in
acrylics below each frame narrating the superhero's theft of tofu from the bony, bone -
white, repulsively awkward beings known as the Vegans.
This body of work - using charcoal and
acrylic on canvas - restricts itself to black and
white - and is closely related to his most recent forays into large - scale
drawing.