Untitled

Untitled

Jess

1964

oil

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows a messy lab setup with pipes, gauges, and odd tools. A glass jar with a dial sits on a shelf, while tubes snake across the scene. The background looks like a brick wall, and everything is painted in flat, bright colors. The artist used thick paint to make the shapes pop, almost like a collage. It’s not a realistic lab—more like a dream of one. Check out the technique: impasto to see how thick paint can change a picture.

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