Object Details
Artist
Joanne Greenbaum
Date
2005
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame: 70 × 80 × 1 1/2 inches (177.8 × 203.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired through the generosity of Helen Appel, Class of 1955, and Robert J. Appel, Class of 1953
Object
Number
2006.090
Greenbaum’s seemingly improvisational painting brings the viewer into a labyrinth of shapes and br(…)
Greenbaum’s seemingly improvisational painting brings the viewer into a labyrinth of shapes and bright colors where paint is employed in highly graphic ways. Pigment spins furiously to create moving disks and then branches out into an intricate series of grids that weave in and out of each other across the canvas. The overall effect is joyous and chaotic suggesting doodlelike abstractions conceived on a monumental scale. (“Highlights from the Collection: 45 Years at the Johnson,” curated by Stephanie Wiles and presented at the Johnson Museum January 27–July 22, 2018)
