Pawnee
Artist
Paul Jenkins
(American, 1923 - 2012)
CultureAmerican
Date1958
MediumOil and enamel on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 86 x 73 1/2 in. (218.4 x 186.7 cm)
InscribedSigned, titled and inscribed: "New York 1958"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1082
Not on view
DescriptionOil and enamel on canvas painting; oval.Label TextPaul Jenkins American (1923 - 2012) Pawnee, 1958 Oil on canvas, 86 x 73 1/2 in. Using only gravity and an ivory knife, Paul Jenkins controlled the flow of paint over an unstretched canvas. He maneuvered the medium into unexpected pools of marbleized colors, allowing the paint to merge and resist without the direct influence of gesture from the artist’s hand. This created a thick surface that, even when dry, suspended the fluid layers on top of the canvas surface. Jenkins referred to his works as “abstract phenomena.” He did not approach the canvas with any preconceived subject or final outcome; instead, he relied on his own spirituality to guide the process. He tried to convey the spirit of the painting, allowing viewers to generate their own meanings from it rather than providing them with a visual clue to specific answers. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1082 Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Action Paintings," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 17, 2009 - May 23, 2010.Published ReferencesGalerie Diane de Polignac, _Paul Jenkins: Exhibition February/April 2014_ (Paris: Galerie Diane de Polignac, 2014) 32.
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