Untitled #18
Artist: Agnes Martin (American, 1912-2004)
Date: 1995
Dimensions:
H: 60 in.(152.4 cm); W: 60 in. (152.4 cm)
Medium: Acrylic and graphite on canvas.
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of David and Georgia Welles
Object number: 2013.164
Label Text:Art work that is completely abstract—free from any expression of the environment—is like music and can be responded to in the same way.
Agnes Martin sought to create works whittled down to their most reductive elements. Her works often feature an emphasis on line, grids, and subtle color fields. She said, “When I first made a grid, I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind, and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do; and so I painted it, and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.”
Martin considered herself an Abstract Expressionist, and as such attempted to convey attitudes and emotions through her choice of colors and techniques. She often engaged with nature in her art, using abstraction to express her emotional response to the natural world.
Agnes Martin sought to create works whittled down to their most reductive elements. Her works often feature an emphasis on line, grids, and subtle color fields. She said, “When I first made a grid, I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind, and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do; and so I painted it, and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.”
Martin considered herself an Abstract Expressionist, and as such attempted to convey attitudes and emotions through her choice of colors and techniques. She often engaged with nature in her art, using abstraction to express her emotional response to the natural world.
DescriptionSoftly delineated graphite grids with four horizontally laid color blocks. Colors alternate between two subtle hues of blue and pink with a very thin strip of white dividing the piece in half. The acrylic is applied very delicately and the blank white canvas is visible through the paint.
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