Untitled
1966
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
About the artist
Artist
R. B. Kitaj
Ronald Brooks Kitaj was an American artist who spent much of his life in England.
See the richer artist pageUntitled is a 1966 by R. B. Kitaj, depicting Carpet, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see a jumble of torn paper—newspaper clippings, ticket stubs, typed words—glued onto a big sheet. Some pieces overlap like a messy desk; others float alone. Kitaj made this by cutting up real things he found, not by drawing or painting. The words are hard to read, but you can spot “Mahler” and “baseball.” It feels like a scrapbook page from someone’s trip, but the artist never explains what it means. If you like this, try looking up impasto—a thick paint technique that also plays with layers.
Ronald Brooks Kitaj was an American artist who spent much of his life in England.
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