- Artist/Maker:
- Ronald Wendel Davis
- Bio:
- American, b. 1937
- Title:
- Two-Thirds Yellow
- Portfolio/Series:
- Slab Series
- Date:
- 1966
- Medium:
- Molded polyester resin, fiberglass, and wood
- Dimensions:
- 72 × 132 in. (182.9 × 335.3 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation
- Accession Number:
- 2021-10
Not On View
In 1965 Ronald Davis saw Frank Stella’s Notched-V series at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. Spurred on by Stella’s shaped canvases and multipanel compositions, Davis and his cohort—including his friend David Novros, whose work is also in the Museum's collection—explored the possibilities for painting that, while still anchored to the wall, veered very close to sculpture.
In this work the artist mixes perceptual illusion and material allusion. Thanks to his precise use of perspective, the flat surface looks like a shallow slab that projects outward from the wall. Its medium is resin and fiberglass, materials more closely associated with making surfboards than paintings.
In this work the artist mixes perceptual illusion and material allusion. Thanks to his precise use of perspective, the flat surface looks like a shallow slab that projects outward from the wall. Its medium is resin and fiberglass, materials more closely associated with making surfboards than paintings.
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