Rendering of an Idea that Would be Painted on White Wall; Richard Tuttle

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Accession Number
2008/2.259
Title
Rendering of an Idea that Would be Painted on White Wall
Artist
Richard Tuttle
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
Born 1941
Medium and Support
Liquitex and graphite on paper
Object Creation Date
1970
Object Creation Place
North America
American
Credit Line
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the Nation Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Style/Group/Movement
conceptual art
Period
Modern and contemporary
Dimensions
50.1 cm x 40.8 cm (19 3/4 in. x 16 1/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification and Primary Object Type
Drawing
abstract
Physical Description
Brown (bottom left) and green (top right) interlocking abstract forms painted with a gap between them; image is centered and lies on the diagonal.
Subject Matter
Although most of Tuttle’s prolific artistic output since he began his career in the 1960s has taken the form of three-dimensional objects, he commonly refers to his work as drawing rather than sculpture, emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea-based nature of his practice. He subverts the conventions of modernist sculptural practice (defined by grand heroic gestures, monumental scale, and the ‘macho’ materials of steel, marble, and bronze) and instead creates small, eccentrically playful objects in decidedly humble, even ‘pathetic’ materials such as paper, rope, string, cloth, wire, twigs, cardboard, bubble wrap, nails, Styrofoam, and plywood. Influences on his work include calligraphy (he has a strong interest in the intrinsic power of line), poetry, and language. (http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/tuttle/index.html, accessed 1 Feb 2010)
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conceptual
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sketches
Secondary Keywords
coating (material)
coating by form
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