Stanley Whitney, Twenty twenty (2020). Oil on linen. Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery.
'The only system I have really is top, middle, and bottom. Even if I wanted to make a red painting, I couldn't do it. I have to let the colour take me wherever it takes me.'—Stanley Whitney
Stanley Whitney's gorgeous grids of colour are on view in How Black is That Blue at the Los Angeles space of Matthew Marks Gallery, but they are also a joy to absorb online, such is the power of this sublime colourist's compositions.
Main image: Stanley Whitney, Twenty twenty (2020). Oil on linen. Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery.
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