Untitled
2003
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
2003
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This painting is a tangled mess of cut-up paper strips—newspaper, maybe, or old book pages. The colors are faded and mixed: mostly grays, yellows, and blues, with some red and green peeking through. The strips twist and overlap like vines or roots, filling the whole white background with chaotic lines and small shapes. The artist glued these pieces down in layers, letting the edges fray and the colors bleed slightly where they meet. It looks like the paper was torn by hand, not cut cleanly. Check out The Museum of Modern Art to see more work like this.
