Jack Whitten: The Greek Alphabet Series
Whitten, Jack / De Salvo, Donna / Guidelli-Guidi, Matilde / O'Dwyer, Deirdre / Morgan, Jessica / Bordowitz, Gregg / Martin, Courtney J / Moten, Fred
On Whitten's pioneering 1970s series marking his move away from gestural paintingThe first publication to delve deeply into Jack Whitten's Greek Alphabet paintings (1975-78), this volume examines this remarkable series, which consists of variations on abstract, black-and-white compositions and experiments in mark-making. For these works, Whitten employed handmade tools and techniques including the comb, imprint and frottage.The series is illum...