ARTNET NEWS
By Ben Davis, October 7, 2016
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| Agnes Martin, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 7, 2016–January 11, 2017. Photo David Heald. |
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[Agnes] Martin, for her part, spoke frequently about the importance of renouncing “pride” and ego in her art, and one gets the sense that the grid attracted her because it was ego-less, eliminating overheated, subjective effects. “The object of painting,” she would say, “is to represent concretely our most subtle emotions.” The result is that each canvas unfolds as a story, the drama of the human mind straining towards a state of clarity. And the movement between each canvas testifies to how such clarity is a process perpetually pursued, not a state finally achieved. They are solitary paintings, maybe, but they communicate beautifully. [
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| Agnes Martin, Untitled 15 (1988). Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
