Untitled
2003
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
2003
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 2003 ink by Charline von Heyl, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This grid shows fifteen black-and-white images stuck to paper. The shapes are messy—some look like faces, others like tangled vines or broken objects. Ink bleeds into the edges, and paper is cut into jagged pieces that overlap. A few pieces have faint text or patterns, like a guitar or a building, but it’s hard to make out. The artist glued and layered printed paper, then added ink to blur the lines. The effect feels chaotic but intentional, like someone ripped apart a story and reassembled it wrong. Try looking up Charline von Heyl next to see how she builds these strange, layered worlds.
Charline von Heyl is a German abstract painter. She also works with drawing, printmaking, and collage. She moved to the United States in the 1990s, and has studios in New York City and in Marfa, Texas.
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