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Lot 040616 (cobalt and pecans)

Donald MoffettWW-2016-174138

2016·Oil on linen with wood panel support, acrylic painted wood contraption, with hardware and pecans·Overall: 91 × 48 × 31 in. (231.1 × 121.9 × 78.7 cm)

<p>Donald Moffett, <em>Lot 040616 (cobalt and pecans)</em>, 2016. Oil on linen with wood panel support, acrylic painted wood contraption, with hardware and pecans, overall: 91 × 48 × 31 in. (231.1 × 121.9 × 78.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Marianne Boesky in honor of Beth Rudin DeWoody P.2017.1a-d. © Donald Moffett</p>

Catalogue

Year: 2016
Medium: Oil on linen with wood panel support, acrylic painted wood contraption, with hardware and pecans
Dimensions: Overall: 91 × 48 × 31 in. (231.1 × 121.9 × 78.7 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Donald Moffett

Artist

Donald Moffett

Painting

Donald Moffett extends the traditional two-dimensional frame of the canvas, turning its flat plane into a rich ground for highly textured relief works and intricate constructions that incorporate video projections. Ranging from landscape and nature to politics and history, Moffett's subjects fuse poetry, humor, and provocation. “Sometimes you just need a hole, a smudge or an X,” Moffett explains, “and then at other times—you really need the whole hog.” Moffett explores an interest in the intersection of the ecstatic and the secular, using sound and light in conjunction with his paintings to create an ambiance more reminiscent of the Renaissance than the current world. Moffett is deeply engaged with contemporary gay rights issues, and has produced projects examining gay subculture and homosexuals in the military.

New York, NY, USA

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