No. 3592 Acrylic/Shaped Canvas
Artist
Charles Hinman
(American, born 1932)
Date1968
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 56 × 56 1/2 × 16 inches (142.24 × 143.51 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aronson
Object numberF77-27
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L4
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DescriptionCanvas stretched over a wood frame into an irregular, many-sided shape. Painted in hard-edge areas of red, blue, yellow, and white.Gallery LabelWhen many of us think of a painting, we likely imagine a flat, rectangular canvas. No. 3592 Acrylic/Shaped Canvas, however, projects away from the wall and directly into our space. Is it a painting, a sculpture, or both?
In the 1960s, Charles Hinman was one of several abstract artists who disrupted traditional expectations for what a painting could be: "I think of my paintings as occupying a six-dimensional space: the three dimensions of space; one each of time, light, and color."
Copyright© Charles B. Hinman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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