White and Dark Gray Panels
White and Dark Gray Panels
Artist
Ellsworth Kelly
(1923 - 2015)
Date1977
MediumOil on canvas, two joined panels
Dimensions106 × 144 in. (269.2 × 365.8 cm)
Black Element: 68 1/2 × 58 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (174 × 148.6 × 3.8 cm)
White Element: 92 × 110 × 1 1/2 in. (233.7 × 279.4 × 3.8 cm)
Black Element: 68 1/2 × 58 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (174 × 148.6 × 3.8 cm)
White Element: 92 × 110 × 1 1/2 in. (233.7 × 279.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Agnes Gund, 2017.8
Accession number
2017.8
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label Text“The form of my painting is the content. . . . My work is made of single or multiple panels: rectangle, curved or square. I am less interested in marks on the panels than the ‘presence’ of the panels themselves. In my painting, negative space is never arbitrary.” – Ellsworth Kelly
In its simplicity, this work asks viewers to focus on the union of the two shapes presented on the wall. Ellsworth Kelly draws attention to the crisp lines and boundaries of the forms. Throughout his career, Kelly worked to reduce the evidence of his hand in his painting, eliminating brushstrokes almost entirely, hoping instead to make the elegant power of geometry the star of the viewing experience.
En su simplicidad, esta obra invita al espectador a concentrarse en la unión de las dos figuras que se presentan en la pared. En este riguroso contraste, logrado solo con pintura blanca y gris oscura aplicada sobre lienzos de formas no convencionales, Ellsworth Kelly destaca las líneas y límites marcados de las formas. A lo largo de su carrera, Kelly se esforzó por reducir los indicios de su mano en la pintura, eliminando las trazas de las pinceladas casi por completo, con la intención de que el poder elegante de la geometría sea el protagonista en la experiencia del espectador.
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