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More Dimensions Than You Know: Jack Whitten, Paintings 1979-1989

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Published on the occasion of Hauser & Wirth's first exhibition of Jack Whitten's work in London, 'More Dimensions Than You Know' takes as its focal point nearly 25 paintings created in the years from 1979 to 1989, highlighting Whitten's propensity for pushing the technical and aesthetic boundaries of painting as a medium. This publication focuses on more than 20 of the artist's paintings from the 1980s and features an essay by Richard Shiff, Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in Art at the University of Texas at Austin.

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More Dimensions Than You Know: Jack Whitten, Paintings 1979-1989 Sale price$35.00

Language

English

Publisher

Hauser & Wirth Publishers

Composition

Clothbound flexicover

Contributors

Richard Shiff (ed.)

Pages

104 pages

Size

30.4 x 24.1 cm

ISBN

9783906915067

Publication Date

Sep-17

The Artist

JACK WHITTEN

Born in Bessemer, Alabama in 1939, Jack Whitten is celebrated for his innovative processes of applying paint to the surface of his canvases and transfiguring their material terrains. Although Whitten initially aligned with the New York circle of abstract expressionists active in the 1960s, his work gradually distanced from the movement’s aesthetic philosophy and formal concerns, focusing more intensely on the experimental aspects of process and technique that came to define his practice.

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