Bruce Conner American, 1933-2008
UNTITLED MAY 2, 1968, 1968
ink on paper
17 7/8 x 15 1/8 in
45.4 x 38.4 cm
45.4 x 38.4 cm
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One of the most ingenious and innovative artists of the last century, Bruce Conner was a shapeshifter, refusing to be constrained to a “signature” style or single artistic persona, derailing...
One of the most ingenious and innovative artists of the last century, Bruce Conner was a shapeshifter, refusing to be constrained to a “signature” style or single artistic persona, derailing public acclaim and elusively evading definition or classification.
In UNTITLED MAY 2, 1968 Conner creates a grid of mandalas, themselves maps of the world. This is one of his earlier felt-tip pen drawings in what would become one of his signature modes of artmaking. In the lower left corner is what appears to be a rose, possibly an homage to Jay DeFeo. This piece was made just after he completed his legendary 1967 film, "The White Rose," that documented the removal of Jay DeFeo's iconic painting, "The Rose," (now in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art) from her Fillmore Street apartment in 1965.
In UNTITLED MAY 2, 1968 Conner creates a grid of mandalas, themselves maps of the world. This is one of his earlier felt-tip pen drawings in what would become one of his signature modes of artmaking. In the lower left corner is what appears to be a rose, possibly an homage to Jay DeFeo. This piece was made just after he completed his legendary 1967 film, "The White Rose," that documented the removal of Jay DeFeo's iconic painting, "The Rose," (now in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art) from her Fillmore Street apartment in 1965.
Exhibitions
Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth-Century American Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. September 20 - November 27, 1977San Francisco, CA,FOG Design+Art, January 18-22, 2023
San Francisco, CA, Hosfelt Gallery, BRUCE CONNER + JESS: THE VIRTUE OF UNCERTAINTY, 5 September - 14 October 2023
San Francisco, CA, Hosfelt Gallery, OFF THE GRID: post-formal conceptualism, 11 April - 20 May 2023