#jackwhitten

[harvardfineartslib]

Jack Whitten (1939 – 2018)

“I believe in the history of painting. Let’s go back to Franz Kline. Franz Kline helped me. He said to me and a group of younger artists one night, ‘The minute you walk into that studio, and you pick up that brush, you’re a part of history, and you will never be alone.” By God, did that help me, being black and so forth, being left out of shit and so forth, and Franz Kline saying, you’ll never be alone. You pick up that brush and you walk in that studio. Man, that’s meaningful. For a young artist to hear that coming from a master, I still stand by that, he’s right.” – Jack Whitten from an interview by Robert Storr, page. 60)

Image 1: Jack Whitten in his 40 Crosby Street studio, c 1976-78 on the back cover; photographer unknown.

Image 2: Front cover: “Self-Portrait I” (detail), 2014

Jack Whitten : five decades of painting San Diego : Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego ; New York : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, [2015] English HOLLIS number: 990145227350203941

[barbarapicci]

“Self Portrait Entrainment” by #JackWhitten More info at: https://barbarapicci.com/2023/02/28/self-portrait-entrainment-by-jack-whitten/ #painting #pittura #cultureisfreedom #artisfreedom #curiositykilledtheblogger #artblogging #photooftheday #artaddict #artistsoninstagram #amazing #artwork #instacool #instaart #followart #artlover #contemporaryart #artecontemporanea #artmuseum #artcurator #artwatchers #artcollectors #artdealer #arthistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CpNK5EgI6TO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artbookdap]

"Windows Of The Mind: A Monument Dedicated To The Power Of Painting!" (1995) is reproduced from 'Jack Whitten: Cosmic Soul' by Richard Shiff.⁠ ⁠ Shiff quotes Whitten: “In order to do what I am doing, one must be capable of understanding what John Coltrane is doing. Not just listening to J. C. but understanding, i.e., comprehending. J. C. is operating on multiple layers of space/time. He is truly the 21st century man. I knew this in the 1960s, but it has taken me this long to compress what he is doing into a two-dimensional plane of paint.” Shiff writes: "Multiple layers, many dimensions, compression—it is the Slab again, and also the tesserae." (2009)⁠ ⁠ Published by @hauserwirth⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ #jackwhitten #jackwhittencosmicsoul #richardshiff #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #abstractpainting #jackwhittenwindowsofthemind #windowsofthemind https://www.instagram.com/p/CoQIMl8pXrp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artsology]

Reading a review in Bookforum this morning led to a video which led me to revisit photos I took at Jack Whitten exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth in 2020 and 2017 … wow! This piece is from the 2020 exhibition “I Am The Object,” you can read and see more on today’s Artsology Blog post. #jackwhitten #jackwhittenartist #hauserandwirth #contemporaryart #abstractart #artgallery #chelsea #nyc #arthistory (at Hauser & Wirth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoKwrbFL9Kc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[moma-prints]

Broken Spaces #5, Jack Whitten, 1974, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

Purchased with funds provided by Dian Woodner in honor of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art Size: 17 1/8 x 20 1/8" (43.5 x 51.1 cm) Medium: Toner on paper

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/110296

[jasonrohlfpaintings]

This book is a knockout! Literally I’m going to pass out from nodding my head so much! Oceans of thanks for the soul food #jackwhitten @hauserwirth. 🤜✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🤛 (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAx824FlM49/?igshid=1jvu4tc9azg05

[supportblackart]

Jack Whitten (1939-2018) was an African-American painter and sculptor. Alabama born, Whitten was a pre-med student before heading to Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to study art. He continued his studies in NYC at Cooper Union after watching Martin Luther King Jr speak in Montgomery, Alabama, completing a BFA in 1964. Dubbed the father of New Abstraction, Jack employed unique techniques and materials in his carvings and paintings. In an interview with Jarrett Earnest, Whitten describes the direct method, which used pieces of stone, marble, precious metal or glass (tesserae) placed in a way to govern and reflect light in his paintings. Prior to his death in 2018, he agreed to have 40 of his sculptures unveiled for the first time at the Baltimore Museum of Art, interspersed with 18 paintings. Jack split his time between Queens, NY and Crete, Greece. In his work are the layers of the Civil Rights movement, the Black experience and rebirth of self. Integrating spirituality and heavily influenced by mosaics throughout Europe, his work may seem unconventional at first glance and forces the viewer to take a step back to see the soul in what’s presented as well as in self. Some of his work can be viewed in the Brooklyn Museum as a part of the Soul of A Nation retrospective. #supportblackart #jackwhitten #blackartstory https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZi2LyhtDI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3hnkp4f94poh

[blittman]

#jackwhitten @metbreuer (at The Met Breuer) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpC9jzkBix5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=96ygtjk42o0r

[adeletype-blog]

When the @metmuseum uses Apoc Dark for an exhibition your ego goes 🔥 #coolkids #coolfonts #blaze #apoc #type #typography #design #webdesign #exhibition #usa #metmuseum #jackwhitten #typedesign https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn8OuL6DG0w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1daxy99qld600

[fjmolteni]

#jackwhitten #contemporaryart #saturdaymood #galleryvisit (at Hauser&wirth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRbPbBIljm1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[harvardfineartslib]

#BlackResistance

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) summarizes this year’s theme “Black Resistance” as follows: "African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms... These efforts have been to advocate for a dignified self-determined life in a just democratic society in the United States and beyond the United States political jurisdiction… This is a call to everyone, inside and outside the academy, to study the history of Black Americans’ responses to establish safe spaces, where Black life can be sustained, fortified, and respected. "

By resisting, Black people have achieved triumphs, successes, and progress. Black artists, along with other creatives, employ various media to tell stories and create change.

Here is another stack of books that celebrate Black artists whose work resists the status quo, challenges the system, and calls for awareness of the myriad of issues affecting Black people’s lives.

Barkley L. Hendricks : works on paper. HOLLIS: 99155235696303941

Barkley L. Hendricks : basketball. HOLLIS: 99155776869903941

Howardena Pindell : paintings, 1974-1980. HOLLIS: 990145322360203941

Kerry James Marshall : history of painting. HOLLIS: 99153829093703941

Emma Amos : color odyssey. HOLLIS: 99155279216703941

Jack Whitten : five decades of painting HOLLIS: 990145227350203941

Black artists in America : from the Great Depression to civil rights. HOLLIS: 99155993050103941

Roy DeCarava, a retrospective. HOLLIS: 990067852100203941

Gordon Parks : the Flávio story HOLLIS: 99153691397803941

Gordon Parks : the new tide, early work, 1940-1950. HOLLIS: 99153723466203941

[mostarart]

Close up painting details from: “Red Pen (Stick)”. 120 cm by 60 cm. Mixed Media (Acrylic & Oil on canvas). 2020. #Homage to #myFather . #ActionPainting #JackWhitten #BlackHistoryMonth #Richter #Heritage #HistoryOfArt #AbstractExpressionism #NewPainting #AutismAwareness قرب تفاصيل اللوحة من: "قلم احمر". 120 سم ف�� 60 سم. وسائط مختلطة (أكريليك وزيت على قماش). 2020. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGQO8HMFJs3/?igshid=ceso2354l732

[artbookdap]

Spreads from a book that is truly inspired: 'Jack Whitten: Cosmic Soul,' Richard Shiff's definitive exploration of the important American painter's artistic and spiritual practice. If you want to understand Whitten, this deeply personal art historical deep-dive is literally essential—both a gorgeously designed and produced labor of love and a complete, searching excavation. ⁠ ⁠ A sample passage reads, Whitten "received verbal instruction from a coded soundtrack originating not in a jazz club or a recording studio but somewhere in the cosmos, coming from an 'unknown voice from the universe.' Imaginary or real, it hardly matters. Whitten had a way of turning from one field of human endeavor to another, from one mentality to another, without resorting to any customary devices of transition. In his thought, disparate concepts converged. If he had been a poet, we would have called his verbalizations poetry; but he was describing the manipulation of materials in a painter’s studio. 'I practice thought experiments in abstract painting. Thought experiments save time and allow me to do celestial navigation, i.e., I can travel anywhere I want without the encumbrance of matter.'"⁠ ⁠ Published by @hauserwirth⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ #jackwhitten #jackwhittencosmicsoul #richardshiff #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #abstractpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/CoP4SQxOIeI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[harvard-art-museums-drawings]

Broken Spaces #4, Jack Whitten, 1974, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund Size: 55.9 x 43.2 cm (22 x 17 in.) Medium: Xerox toner on paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/325794

[kellykilmer]

"The artist role in society is to expand consciousness. Ninety nine percent of the paintings I see today do not expand my consciousness. This is unfortunate because I need help in what I am doing." -More from #JackWhitten 24 October 1993 @hauserwirth's publication of his journal, #notesfromthewoodshed I said it before and I'll say it again, I think it's required reading for every creative individual. #arthistorybooks #arthistory #blackartists #blackpainters #requiredreading #artbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_oSPkgwUm/?igshid=16ixb7m33xl9j

[supportblackart]

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Via @artnewsafrica 🎨 Jack Whitten talks to Frieze about his life and work in his studio in Queens, New York. His solo exhibition ‘More Dimensions Than You Know: Jack Whitten, 1979 – 1989’ curated by Richard Shiff, is on view at Hauser & Wirth London through 18 November 2017. – Celebrated for his innovative transfiguration of paint in works equally alert to materiality, politics and metaphysics, Whitten’s diverse practice bridges gestural abstraction and process art. He experiments ceaselessly to arrive at a nuanced language of painting that hovers between mechanical automation and spiritual expression. – At Hauser & Wirth London, Whitten’s presentation has a historical focus, bringing together a large number of his paintings from 1979 to 1989. These years marked a period of intense experimentation for the artist and reflect his intellectual engagement with contemporary changes in science and technology. Whitten’s work is a focus of ‘Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power’, on view at Tate Modern (@Tate) through 22 October 2017. #SupportBlackArt #JackWhitten #MoreDimensionsThanYouKnow #Art #BlackArt #ArtInspiration #ArtistLife #ArtLovers #Painting #ConceptualArt #AbstractArt #Spirituality #Tate #Science #Technology #Process #Artstagram #ArtistStudio #QueensArt #NYCart #NYCArtSceme #LondonExhibitions #HWLondon #HauserWirth A Zapote and Scenic Production via @hauserwirth