Papo Colo

Outsourcing
2008

A digital artwork featuring two symmetrical abstract figures resembling trees or floral arrangements, created with brown textures on a cream background. Each figure has a prominent red line running vertically through its center, possibly representing a stem or a structural element. The surrounding space contains smaller, similarly styled motifs scattered randomly.
A digital artwork featuring two symmetrical abstract figures resembling trees or floral arrangements, created with brown textures on a cream background. Each figure has a prominent red line running vertically through its center, possibly representing a stem or a structural element. The surrounding space contains smaller, similarly styled motifs scattered randomly.

Not on view

Date
2008

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint with ribbon

Dimensions
Sheet: 30 3/8 × 44 3/4in. (77.2 × 113.7 cm) Image: 30 3/8 × 44 3/4in. (77.2 × 113.7 cm)

Accession number
2012.153.7

Edition
1/50

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Papo Colo

API
artworks/42039

Part of a series:

Expose: Exit Art Portfolio 2008

7 works

A surreal and colorful artwork featuring a stylized female figure with multiple limbs and eyes scattered throughout the composition. The figure's head is adorned with various elements such as a fishnet stocking, feathers, and a chain, while a pink liquid drips from different parts of the image, creating a chaotic and dreamlike scene.
A digital artwork featuring two symmetrical abstract figures resembling trees or floral arrangements, created with brown textures on a cream background. Each figure has a prominent red line running vertically through its center, possibly representing a stem or a structural element. The surrounding space contains smaller, similarly styled motifs scattered randomly.
A surreal scene with people in various poses, including a woman in a large glass, a man lying on the floor, and others interacting in a room.
A minimalist artwork featuring abstract watercolor shapes: a blue rectangle atop a yellow triangle, which intersects with a red circle containing a white cigarette. To the right, a speech bubble contains handwritten text. The background is plain white.
Colorful abstract geometric artwork with a central circular motif surrounded by triangles and rectangles on a beige background.
An abstract artwork featuring swirling cloud patterns in black ink, with geometric shapes and lines in blue and brown, and silhouettes of birds in flight overlaid on the dynamic background.

Papo Colo
15 works in the collection

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