Arch Connelly, Personal Explosion, 1984. Acrylic and plastic beads on plywood, overall: 48 × 24 in. (121.9 × 61 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jimmy Wright 2018.91
Not on view
Date
1984
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Acrylic and plastic beads on plywood
Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 24 in. (121.9 × 61 cm)
Accession number
2018.91
Credit line
Gift of Jimmy Wright
Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate
Exhibitions
Installation photography
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Installation view of Shifting Landscapes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1, 2024-January 2026). From left to right: rafa esparza, New American Landscapes. Self Portrait: Catching Feelings (Ecstatic), 2017; Ulysses Jenkins, Without Your Interpretation, 1983; Purvis Young, Angel, City, and Eye Assemblage, c. 1990-95; Arch Connelly, Personal Explosion, 1984; Arch Connelly, Leaf, 1982; Dalton Gata, I Don't Need You To Be Warm, 2021. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Shifting Landscapes
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Installation view of Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 22, 2019–January 2021). From left to right: Charles LeDray, Milk and Honey, 1994–96; Elaine Reichek, Silver & Gold, 1976; Alan Shields, J + K, 1972; Pepón Osorio; Angel: The Shoe Shiner, 1993; Arch Connelly, Leaf, 1982; Arch Connelly, Personal Explosion, 1984. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019
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Installation view of Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 22, 2019–January 2021). From left to right: Arch Connelly, Leaf, 1982; Arch Connelly, Personal Explosion, 1984; Mike Kelley, More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid and The Wages of Sin, 1987. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019