Untitled
1990
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1990
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This looks like a sketchy collage of photos and scribbles. There are five black-and-white images of people—some close-ups of faces, one of a shirtless man, and one with bright pink flamingos in the background. The whole thing is taped onto graph paper with handwritten notes like "Flip Blu" and "Splattered Faces." Colors pop in crayon and marker, like yellow on a face or blue on a hand. The artist seems to be playing with size and layout, cutting and rearranging photos like puzzle pieces. The notes look like instructions for how to flip or move parts around. Check out cross-hatching next to see how artists build texture with lines.