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History of Application: Talking to You, 1977

  • Artist

    McArthur Binion

  • Title

    History of Application: Talking to You

  • Date

    1977

  • Medium

    Dixon wax crayon on aluminum

  • Dimensions

    46 × 59 in. (116.8 × 149.9 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Don Kaul, Chicago, and a gift of the artist and Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago

  • Object Number

    2016.20

McArthur Binion uses oilstick and crayon to create densely textured, patterned works. Here, the crayon markings ebb and flow throughout the composition, reflecting the artist’s musicality—particularly his affinity for the improvisational bebop style of jazz— Binion considers an integral part of his practice. Tight clumps of contrasting colors overlay diagonally oriented rectangles to create a hypnotizing pattern. In his compositions, Binion employs intricate hand-drawn grids with a machinelike precision and repetition.


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Artworks

History of Application: Talking to You, 1977

  • Artist

    McArthur Binion

  • Title

    History of Application: Talking to You

  • Date

    1977

  • Medium

    Dixon wax crayon on aluminum

  • Dimensions

    46 × 59 in. (116.8 × 149.9 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Don Kaul, Chicago, and a gift of the artist and Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago

  • Object Number

    2016.20

McArthur Binion uses oilstick and crayon to create densely textured, patterned works. Here, the crayon markings ebb and flow throughout the composition, reflecting the artist’s musicality—particularly his affinity for the improvisational bebop style of jazz— Binion considers an integral part of his practice. Tight clumps of contrasting colors overlay diagonally oriented rectangles to create a hypnotizing pattern. In his compositions, Binion employs intricate hand-drawn grids with a machinelike precision and repetition.


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