Flower in the Wind.
Title |
Flower in the Wind. |
Creator |
Martin, Agnes (American painter, 1912-2004) |
Date |
1963 |
Cultural Context |
American North American |
Style/Period |
Abstract (fine arts style) |
Subject |
Abstract paintings Abstract works Abstract drawings |
Description |
"In her consistent use of grids Agnes Martin participated in a tradition in twentieth-century art stretching from the Cubists and Mondrian to her Minimalist contemporaries. The grid was a non-hierarchical and non-referential structure. It asserted the flatness of the picture plane, echoing its framing limits while implying an indefinite structural extension of the picture beyond its limits. For Martin this had metaphysical connotations, whereas for the Minimalists its associations were essentially literal and pragmatic." (Caption, p.144); "Materialist ideologies by no means pervaded all of the art associated with Minimalism. The American painter Agnes Martin, who became identified with the movement when her works were exhibited in the 'Systemic Abstraction' show at New York's Guggenheim Museum in 1966, sought spiritual absolutes. An enormously self-reliant artist, from a Presbyterian background, she produced taut but tremulous graphite lattices on lightly painted fields. These were intended to evoke luminescence or immateriality and lighten the 'weight' of the squares that enclosed them." (Excerpt, pp.145-46) |
Material |
Oil and pencil on canvas Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Pencils (drawing and writing equipment) Canvas |
Measurements |
190.5 x 190.5 cm |
Technique |
Painting (image-making) Oil painting (technique) Drawing (image-making) |
Work Type |
Paintings Oil paintings Abstract paintings Abstract works Abstract drawings Drawings Pencil works |
Repository |
Daros Collection (Switzerland) |
Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.145, fig.72). |
Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Digital File Name |
VRC 701-46.jpg |
Rating |
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