Untitled

Untitled

Jim Hodges

2001

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This piece looks like two sheets of paper taped together at a sharp angle. From the corner, thousands of colored pencil lines fan out in soft, wavy strokes. The colors shift from warm pinks and yellows near the center to cooler blues and greens toward the edges. It’s all made of tiny, overlapping lines—no big shapes or figures. The artist used colored pencil, layering lines to build up the image. It’s not a picture of anything real, just pure lines and color. The effect feels almost like light or sound waves spreading out. If you like this, look up cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to create depth.

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