AB EX NY: The Painting Techniques of Ad Reinhardt: Abstract Painting

The Painting Techniques of Ad Reinhardt: Abstract Painting

Abstract Expressionist New York
The Museum of Modern Art, October 3, 2010--April 11, 2011
MoMA.org/abexny

Filmed by Plowshares Media
Images courtesy of the Estate of Ad Reinhardt/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Photos by John Loengard/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Music by Chris Parrello
Chris Parrello, Ian Young, Kevin Thomas, Ziv Ravitz

© 2010 The Museum of Modern Art

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• abstract
• expressionism
• expressionist
• painting
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• newman
• gorky
• reinhardt

[NotNamedJones]

@sqosh12 I think he's referring to the fact that every aspect of the painting has colored undertones, and that its not just straight black from the tube in spite of the fact that it looks like a canvas painted only black. its also worth noting that black paint isn't black by scientific terms (the abscence of color). black paint is usually extremely dark blue or browns. thats why you can mix lamp black with yellow and get interesting greens, and so on.

[thandrey]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge about this great great artist

[MrEzi0n]

well, this is stupid

[sqosh12]

I could of swore I heard that there was no black in the original painting (0:16) but didn't the narrator just squeeze an entire tube of Mars BLACK into the container (2:31)when demonstraiting how Reinhardt made his mystical pigment? Am I missing something?

[bbstrwhte]

this gives a unique perspective on these paintings and how complicated it was for the artist to create them, how difficult it is to reproduce them or even see them if you don't take the time required to see them. if you do take the time, you are rewarded with a deep and profound and mysterious experience

[demonherz]

so cool!!!

[forouzandeh1]

please do your painting so we see and also talk. beginning of video we see black canvas.

[jegergammelnokspade]

really nice vid

[jclslee]

very cool

[lullabylamb]

awesome!