Untitled

Untitled

Earl Miller

1965

paint

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is a wild mix of bright colors and shapes. You see torn bits of paper—reds, blues, yellows—glued together in no clear order. Some pieces look like fabric with stripes or patterns, while others are plain solid colors. A few scraps have floral designs or look like they’re wrapped around something. The edges are rough, like someone ripped and pasted them fast. The artist used real materials—tape, paint, even what looks like old wallpaper—to build this. The colors clash but also feel kind of balanced, like a puzzle no one solved. Check out the technique: impasto next to see how thick paint can change a whole picture.

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