Untitled

Untitled

Kenneth Bushnell

1997

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting looks like a mix of shapes and lines on a white background. There are big black triangles, some blurry black spots, and a few faint pink areas. The whole thing is crisscrossed with thin lines that make a grid, but it’s not neat—it feels messy and uneven. The artist used a process where ink is pressed onto a flat stone, then transferred to paper. That’s how the lines and shadows got their slightly fuzzy look. Check out lithography to see how this technique works.

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