Beside The Rose: Selected Works by Jay DeFeo

Oct 1, 2003–Feb 28, 2004

Abstract artwork depicting a series of rounded forms that resemble stones or boulders, with a textured black and white background that gives the impression of a rough, tactile surface. The composition is minimalist, with the forms positioned in the lower half of the canvas, leaving a vast expanse of negative space above.
Abstract artwork depicting a series of rounded forms that resemble stones or boulders, with a textured black and white background that gives the impression of a rough, tactile surface. The composition is minimalist, with the forms positioned in the lower half of the canvas, leaving a vast expanse of negative space above.

Jay DeFeo, Crescent Bridge I, 1970–1972. Acrylic and synthetic resin on plywood, overall: 48 × 66 in. (121.9 × 167.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Daniel C. Benton 2002.279. © The Jay DeFeo Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Beside The Rose: Selected Works by Jay DeFeo was curated by Dana Miller.

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