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Incomplete Text #6 "E"

Charles GainesWW-1978-164219

1978·Photostat (a); Pen and colored inks, correction fluid, and graphite pencil on paper (b); Pen and colored inks and graphite pencil on paper (c)·Overall: 27 5/8 × 59 3/4 in. (70.2 × 151.8 cm)

<p>Charles Gaines, <em>Incomplete Text #6 "E"</em>, 1978–1979. Photostat (a); Pen and colored inks, correction fluid, and graphite pencil on paper (b); Pen and colored inks and graphite pencil on paper (c), overall: 27 5/8 × 59 3/4 in. (70.2 × 151.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Meredith Palmer in honor of Adam D. Weinberg 2010.226a-c. © Charles Gaines</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1978
Medium: Photostat (a); Pen and colored inks, correction fluid, and graphite pencil on paper (b); Pen and colored inks and graphite pencil on paper (c)
Dimensions: Overall: 27 5/8 × 59 3/4 in. (70.2 × 151.8 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Charles Gaines

Artist

Charles Gaines

Mixed Media

Charles Gaines is a Contemporary American artist and key figure in the Conceptual Art movement. Through his drawings, photographs and video installations, Gaines examines the relationship between subjective and objective tenets in philosophy, politics and beauty. Often, Gaines uses systems – predominantly grids – in this work. Gaines is one of the only Black artists of the 1970s Conceptual movement.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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