Untitled
1987
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1987
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1987 ink by David Diao, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a grid of small, uneven squares in black ink on a white sheet. Some squares are solid; others have thin lines or faint cross-hatching. Diao made this print by layering three techniques: etching (scratching lines into metal), drypoint (scratching deeper for fuzzy edges), and aquatint (a way to add soft gray tones). The result looks like a quiet study of how marks build up. To see how other artists play with grids, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint.
