About The Work
Ellipses have appeared in Robert Mangold's work since the early '70s, when he painted them horizontally inside rectangles. He says that he came back to ellipses in the '80s. "I wanted to use it vertically," he says, "but if you stand an oval up vertically it kind of looks heavy on the bottom so I decided to make it in an egg form, with the ellipse fatter at the top and narrower at the bottom. This gave buoyancy to the form."
About Robert Mangold
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Etching with aquatint.
24.00 x 30.00 in
61.0 x 76.2 cm
Signed and numbered by the artist.
About The Work
Ellipses have appeared in Robert Mangold's work since the early '70s, when he painted them horizontally inside rectangles. He says that he came back to ellipses in the '80s. "I wanted to use it vertically," he says, "but if you stand an oval up vertically it kind of looks heavy on the bottom so I decided to make it in an egg form, with the ellipse fatter at the top and narrower at the bottom. This gave buoyancy to the form."
About Robert Mangold
From The Magazine
- Art 101: Ten 20th-Century Masterpieces You Need to Know
- Contributors: Less is More: 5 Tips for Choosing Minimalist Art from Advisor Sheri Pasquarella
- Interviews & Features: Jeffrey Deitch on Why Figurative Art Rules the Zeitgeist, and His New Calling as a Pop-Up Impresario
- Interviews & Features: Architect Lee Skolnick on Building a Minimalist Beach House for a Megacollector’s Art
- Art 101: 10 of the Most Influential MFA Programs in the World
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