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Catalog Number |
2002.18 |
Title |
Blue with Four White Squares |
Artist |
Jones, Otis |
Date |
n.d. |
Medium |
Acrylic on paper |
Material |
Acrylic Paint/Paper |
Dimensions |
H-35.5 W-24 inches |
Accession number |
2002.18 |
Description |
This painting appears to be blue rectangle that serves as a mat with a gray rectangle with four white squares, two of the squares are on the right and two on the left. Devoid of pictorial motifs, narratives and at times even color, the work of Otis Jones is muted yet intensely physical, and stubbornly original. Shunning the grandiose, Jones' interests lie in the most basic essentials: the relationship of form, composition and color, and the subtle nuances that give his paintings marvelous character. Otis Jones (1946) lives and works in Dallas, TX. Devoid of pictorial motifs, narratives and at times even color, the work of Otis Jones is muted yet intensely physical, and stubbornly original. Shunning the grandiose, Jones’ interests lie in the most basic essentials: the relationship of form, composition and color, and the subtle nuances that give his paintings marvelous character. Roughly-cut canvases are tacked on irregularly shaped hand-made wood frames where both the layered plywood edges, usually four inches thick, and staples are deliberately exposed as compositional elements. Then, guided by intuition and experience, Jones continuously applies and sands away paint. This empirical ritual is repeated until an abraded texture of intense visual depth is achieved. Cratered like the Moon, the surface is a palimpsest of the maker’s hand – one can sense its genealogy, the inscribed time, and sincerity. |
Caption |
Blue with Four White Squares |
Culture |
American |
Collection |
TMA |
Cataloged by |
Tomio, Kimberley Bush |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mr. Michael G. Grainger, Daingerfield, Texas |
Source |
Michael G. Grainger |