Ed Clark (American, 1926–2019). Untitled, 1978–1980. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 66 × 77 in. (167.6 × 195.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2018, 2018.13. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Courtesy of Weiss Berlin and the artist. Photo by Gunter Lepkowski, 2018.13.jpg)
Ed Clark (American, 1926–2019). Untitled, 1978–1980. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 66 × 77 in. (167.6 × 195.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2018, 2018.13. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photo courtesy Weiss Berlin Gallery, CUR.2018.13_WeissBerlinGallery_photograph.jpg)
Untitled
Ed Clark
Contemporary Art
Ed Clark employed a common push broom to manipulate globs of acrylic paint into broad and expressive strokes of color. Through his use of a cleaning tool that references labor and physicality, Clark, like many other postwar Black artists, transformed the possibilities of gestural abstraction. The resulting gradient bands of pigment reveal the movement of the bristles across the paint to create mesmerizing, tactile effects as the colors drip and spill into one another.
MEDIUM
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
DATES
1978–1980
DIMENSIONS
66 × 77 in. (167.6 × 195.6 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2018.13
CREDIT LINE
Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2018
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Ed Clark (American, 1926–2019). Untitled, 1978–1980. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 66 × 77 in. (167.6 × 195.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2018, 2018.13. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Courtesy of Weiss Berlin and the artist. Photo by Gunter Lepkowski, 2018.13.jpg)
IMAGE
2018.13.jpg. Courtesy of Weiss Berlin and the artist. Photo by Gunter Lepkowski
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© Ed Clark
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