Created by
Loving, Alvin DeMar Jr., American, 1935 - 2005
Date
1993
Medium
acrylic paint on rag paper
Dimensions
H x W x D: 29 × 33 × 1 in. (73.7 × 83.8 × 2.5 cm)
Caption
Al Loving was inspired to create Maputo #5 as a visiting artist at the 1992 Ujamaa Workshop in Maputo, Mozambique. “The opportunity to experience an entirely different way of thinking about art was experiential. The collective energy of 23 people (and more at times) making art simultaneously in the same (gigantic) space has an electrifying effect on [my] aesthetic production.”
Loving described his art-making process as “composing.” He constructed Maputo #5 by dripping, spattering, and spraying brightly hued dyes onto colored rag paper; tearing and cutting the paper into curvilinear and rectangular shapes; and then layering the shapes into dynamic compositional forms.
Description
A painting consisting of acrylic paint on formed and shaped rag paper, mounted on plastic. Forming a rough "V" shape, the work combines a red rectangle for the right-hand upright section, and a curved black oval with green and yellow for the left-hand upright section. At the juncture between the two are a cluster of curvilinear forms in solid and mottled shades of red, brown, green and yellow, extending up the two uprights.
Place made
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
acrylic paintings
Topic
Art
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.37.2
Restrictions & Rights
© Alvin D. Loving, Courtesy the Estate of Al Loving and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53c73fdf4-b066-43ba-8027-efbc35b3b784

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