Untitled
1964
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1964
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1964 oil by Key Hiraga, a Abstract Expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting looks like a collage of rough sketches and bold colors. You see quick, messy drawings of people and machines, some overlapping. There’s a bright yellow square in the middle, and thick black brushstrokes on the left side. The lines are jagged, and the whole thing feels unfinished, like notes scribbled on paper. The artist seems to mix old and new ideas—some sketches look mechanical, others more like abstract doodles. The yellow square stands out as the only solid color, breaking up the mostly black-and-white chaos. Try looking up impasto to see how thick paint can change a painting’s texture.
Key Hiraga (1936–2000) was a Japanese artist, born in Tokyo.
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