Primary Season at MoMA
Speaking of New York (see today’s previous post), last Sunday, The Museum of Modern Art opened ‚ÄúColor Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today.‚Äù According to an article in today’s New York Times, “The show looks at contemporary artists for whom color functions as a ready-made ‚Äî something to be bought or appropriated, rather than mixed on a palette. As Frank Stella famously quipped, ‚ÄúI tried to keep the paint as good as it was in the can.‚Äù’
“Ten Large Color Panels” by Gerhard RichterAn entire wall is devoted to Gerhard Richter’s “Ten Large Color Panels” (1966-71/72), a 31-foot sequence comprised of ready-mixed paint bought from a hardware store. Looking at this brings on happy flashbacks to the color theory class I took while a student at CCS. I use the stuff I learned in that class every day.
Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today continues through May 12 at the Museum of Modern Art.
Images: Karen Rosenberg
