Untitled
1981
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1981
ink
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1981 ink by Paul Thek, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a messy, tangled pile of lines and shapes. It looks like a rough drawing of a giant, lumpy object wrapped in wire, with some smaller bits scattered around. The lines are all in blue ink, scribbled fast and uneven. The notes on the page say it’s a plan for a sculpture made of foam, vinyl, and peep-tubes. The title is scribbled at the bottom: *"Black Mass" Sculptures, Scantings.* Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
Paul Thek was an American painter, sculptor and installation artist. Thek was active in both the United States and Europe, exhibiting several installations and sculptural works over the course of his life. Posthumously,…
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