Untitled

Untitled

Dawn Clements

2003

gouache

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing is packed with tiny, overlapping figures and scenes. People are scattered everywhere—some stand, some sit, some float in the mix. There’s writing all over, like notes or captions, and a few faces peek through. The colors are mostly black, white, and gray, with just a few small splashes of red and blue. It looks like someone cut up old papers and glued them together, then drew on top. The artist used a mix of scribbles and careful lines, almost like a sketchbook exploded onto one big page. The figures vary in size, making it feel chaotic but also full of life. Check out gouache to see how this paint works.

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