Mark Grotjahn
Sept 15, 2006–Jan 7, 2007
Installation view of Mark Grotjahn (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 15, 2006–January 7, 2007). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Conceived for this exhibition, Mark Grotjahn's cycle of "perspective drawings" pulls the viewer into a dynamic interplay between the large-scale works and the gallery space. A sense of space is evoked by the drawings' multiple vanishing points, a convention used since the Renaissance to create the illusion of depth and volume. These perspectival referents both create the structure for and become the subject of Grotjahn's art. The works' formal organization finds a counterpoint in the modulations of color that play against the vanishing points to create vibrant, three-dimensional surfaces.
Installation Photography
Exhibition views of Mark Grotjahn (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 15, 2006–January 7, 2007). Left to right: Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Multi Red 4 Wings), 2006; Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Cool Grey Butterfly 90%), 2006; Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Baked Double Black Butterfly White Sides, 2006. Photograph Christopher Burke Studio
Exhibition views of Mark Grotjahn (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 15, 2006–January 7, 2007). Left to right: Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Red, Orange, Brown, Black Butterfly), 2005; Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Solid Black Butterfly), 2006; Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (French Grey 10-90% Butterfly), 2006. Photograph Christopher Burke Studio