R. H. Quaytman
American, born 1961
Passing Through the Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25
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R. H. Quaytman
American, born 19612012
Passing Through the Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25
R. H. Quaytman American, born 1961 →21st Centuryacrylic paintings (visual works)painting
Date
2012
Medium
Acrylic, silk-screened tempera, gesso on wood
Dimensions
82.2 × 133 cm (32 3/8 × 52 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Dirk Denison and David Salkin and the Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Family Foundation
Since 2000 R. H. Quaytman has produced over twenty-five “chapters” of paintings, each chapter structured around a specific theme or concept and comprising numerous individual works. Exhibited at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Passing Through the Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25 revisits aspects of the venue’s exhibition history and interior architecture. The work’s composition includes allusions to two of the artist’s artistic influences—Niele Toroni (the panel’s silkscreened background is of a Toroni work as installed at the Society in 1990) and Daniel Buren (whose signature vertical stripes punctuate the image). Chapter 25 enacts a larger art historical dialogue and performs as a visual archive of the Renaissance Society.
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