Finger x 2
Sillman conceives of color as both object and subject, something with physical presence and weight, and something philosophical and symbolic. This dualism is evident on the restless surface of Finger x 2, whose layered shapes are a formal exercise in geometric arrangement as well as a close-up view of fingers. The work exudes a tension of opposites: figurative and abstract, gestural and linear, flat and deep. Rounded edges evoke corporeal folds and simultaneously suggest the fingers that held the brush.
Artwork Details
- Title: Finger x 2
- Artist: Amy Sillman (American, born Detroit, Michigan, 1955)
- Date: 2015
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 75 × 66 in. (190.5 × 167.6 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edith C. Blum Fund and The Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Foundation Gift, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.694
- Rights and Reproduction: © Amy Sillman
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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