AD—WO’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Abstract Painting, 1960-65
Ad Reinhardt American, 1913-1967
Black and White
Immeasurability: The Ridge
AD-WO (American, founded 2015) Emanuel Admassu (American, born Ethiopia 1983) Jen Wood (Australian, born 1984) Produced by Flanders Tapestries (Belgium, founded 1998)
Untitled, from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)
Ad Reinhardt (American, 1913-1967) printed by Sirocco Screenprinters, Inc. (American, 20th century), under the supervision of Ives-Sillman (American, 20th century) published by Wadsorth Atheneum (American, 20th-21st century)
Crown (Ade)
Yoruba Idowa, Nigeria Coastal West Africa
Ad Astra
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865–1931)
Americans Baking Bread (Amerikajin pan wo yaku zu)
Utagawa Yoshikazu Japanese, active c. 1850-70
Dragon Knows Dragon (Ryu wa ryu wo shiru)
Morita Shiryu Japanese, 1912-1998
"Wo Bist Du, Edison...?" Ceiling Lamp
Ingo Maurer German, 1932–2019
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
Untitled
Back Where I, Were Born. 2/20-1888 AD;
Joseph Yoakum American, 1891-1972
Sumida River seen from Azuma Bridge (Azumabashi yori Sumida wo miru no zu), from a group of Western-style landscapes
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849
Insertion with Added Points
Italy
Saint Catherine
Hans Baldung Grien (German, 1484/85-1545) with added monogram of Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
View of the Pantheon of Agrippa, today S. Maria ad Martyres, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778
White-Glazed Bowl with Later Added Enamels
China
Three-Color Glazed Vase of Qianlong (1736-96 AD) with Plum Blossoms
Hiratsuka Un'ichi (Japanese, 1895-1997)
Mantle
Wari Peru, Probably south coast