Untitled

2011

Not on view

Renowned for paintings made without oil or acrylic but rather a large-format Epson printer, which he began to produce in the mid-2000s, Guyton created this work on a massive new machine through which he could pull even larger swaths of pre-primed linen. He had already experimented for some years with the variety of marks that could be generated from printing the same digitally generated image onto the absorbent surface of fabric which, unlike paper, catches and wrinkles when threaded through a printing bed. Here, with a monumental canvas yet more reduced image (a simple rectangle of black), each awkward pull allowed for a different composition that still bears the marks of something made by both hand and machine.

Artwork Details

Title: Untitled
Artist: Wade Guyton (American, born Hammond, Indiana 1972)
Date: 2011
Medium: Inkjet on canvas
Dimensions: 10 ft. 8 1/4 in. × 9 ft. 1/2 in. × 1 3/4 in. (325.8 × 275.6 × 4.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Linda Macklowe, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2022
Object Number: 2022.371
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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