Untitled

Untitled

Ha Chong-Hyun

1974

oil

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows rows of identical white shapes on a brown background. Each shape looks like a ghostly face with a long neck, all lined up neatly. The colors are simple—just white figures against a warm brown. The artist used burlap as the canvas, which gives the background a rough, textured look. Every face is slightly different, but all follow the same basic form. Look up impasto next to see how thick paint can create texture like this.

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