Untitled
1994
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1994
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1994 ink by Robert Barry, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This is a blank white canvas. No shapes, no lines, no colors—just an empty rectangle. The surface looks smooth, almost like a sheet of paper. The trick here is that it’s not *actually* empty. The artist added invisible ink and pigment powder that only shows up under certain light. You’d never guess it’s there just by looking. Check out Robert Barry to see how artists play with what you can’t see.
Robert Barry (born March 9, 1936) is an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material works of art, installations, and performance art using a variety of otherwise invisible media. In 1968, Robert Barry…
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