A colorful, symmetrical composition centers on a large face with wide, watchful eyes, surrounded by intricate patterns, vivid shapes, and smaller angelic figures. A crown-like form rises above the face, while layered designs in green, yellow, blue, red, and gold fill nearly every part of the image, creating a dense, dreamlike scene.

The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
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  • Large black curved shapes dominate the page with the handwritten words 'TOO MUCH FUTURE' above them.
    Large black curved shapes dominate the page with the handwritten words 'TOO MUCH FUTURE' above them.

    Christine Sun Kim, Too Much Future, 2017. Charcoal on paper, sheet: 17 3/16 × 29 1/8 in. (43.7 × 74 cm) Image: 17 3/16 × 28 1/8 in. (43.7 × 71.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 2018.183. © Christine Sun Kim

  • Strings of hanging light bulbs cascade down a stairwell, with several bulbs coiled on the floor.
    Strings of hanging light bulbs cascade down a stairwell, with several bulbs coiled on the floor.

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (America), 1994. Twelve parts, each: 42 light bulbs, waterproof rubber light sockets, and waterproof electrical cord, dimensions variable . Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee 96.74.1a-l. © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

  • Large gray geometric blocks arranged in angular formation against black walls with radiating white lines.
    Large gray geometric blocks arranged in angular formation against black walls with radiating white lines.

    Robert Morris, Untitled (3 Ls), 1965 refabricated 1970. Stainless steel, dimensions variable. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 76.29a-c. © Robert Morris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Broad swaths of black, navy, gray, orange, and pink soar across a white canvas.
    Broad swaths of black, navy, gray, orange, and pink soar across a white canvas.

    Ed Clark, Winter Bitch, 1959. Acrylic, oil, and pastel on canvas, overall: 77 × 77 in. (195.6 × 195.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee and partial gift of the artist 2019.307. © Ed Clark

  • A painted wooden sculpture of a man and woman reaching hands as if dancing on a pedestal.
    A painted wooden sculpture of a man and woman reaching hands as if dancing on a pedestal.

    Elie Nadelman, Tango, c. 1920–1924. Painted and gessoed cherry wood, overall: 36 × 25 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (91.4 × 65.1 × 35.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul Purchase Fund, the Joan and Lester Avnet Purchase Fund, the Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch Purchase Fund, the Mrs. Robert C. Graham Purchase Fund in honor of John I.H. Baur, the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund and the Henry Schnakenberg Purchase Fund in honor of Juliana Force 88.1a-c. © Estate of Elie Nedelman

  • Small CRT monitor with blue screen showing clouds mounted on a white gallery wall with cord.
    Small CRT monitor with blue screen showing clouds mounted on a white gallery wall with cord.

    Cory Arcangel, Super Mario Clouds, 2002. Handmade hacked Super Mario Brothers cartridge and Nintendo NES video game system, dimensions variable. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2005.10. © Cory Arcangel. Courtesy of the artist

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Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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