Dana Schutz

Building the Boat While Sailing
2012

A black and white abstract drawing filled with a variety of shapes, figures, and patterns that overlap and intertwine. The composition includes distorted human-like faces, geometric shapes, and organic forms that create a chaotic and densely packed scene. The artwork is executed in a sketch-like style with visible pencil strokes and shading techniques that add depth and texture.

A black and white abstract drawing filled with a variety of shapes, figures, and patterns that overlap and intertwine. The composition includes distorted human-like faces, geometric shapes, and organic forms that create a chaotic and densely packed scene. The artwork is executed in a sketch-like style with visible pencil strokes and shading techniques that add depth and texture.

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Date
2012

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 72 1/8 × 96in. (183.2 × 243.8 cm)

Accession number
2013.33

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Dana Schutz

API
artworks/42683

Exhibitions

America Is Hard to See

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

Dana Schutz
6 works in the collection

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