Untitled (1999 painting by Ellen Gallagher) explained

Untitled
Artist:Ellen Gallagher
Year:1999
Medium:Enamel, rubber, and paper on canvas
Height Metric:305
Width Metric:244
Museum:Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled is a 1999 painting by Ellen Gallagher. It is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in the United States.

Keeping in the tradition of Gallagher's large-scale paintings, Untitled consists of black rubber which is texturized with paper on canvas. On the lower right of the painting, Gallagher used enamel and rubber to depict an African person, that she describes as a "fantasy." The viewer sees the back of the African person's head, with a mohawk hairstyle, tattoos and piercings.[1]

The painting was acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About This Artwork. Collections. 1999 . Art Institute of Chicago. 8 February 2017.