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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Jack Whitten at MoMA: Combs

 Starting in 1970, Jack Whitten started experimenting with newly invented acrylic paint.  He developed a way to make paintings, using constructed rakes and combs to create moving waves of acrylic paint.  He wrote: "The more I paint, the more I see."


Prime Mover, 1974, above

Mirsinaki Blue, 1974, below




Black Table Setting (Homage to Duke Ellington), 1974


                       

Epsilon Group I, 1976



Ancient Mentor I, 1985









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