Rasheed Araeen
Small Black Cube: 24 x 24 x 24 inch, 2019
Acrylic on wood, in eight sections
Each 30.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm
12 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in
Total 61 x 61 x 61 cm
24 1/8 x 24 1/8 x 24 1/8 in
12 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in
Total 61 x 61 x 61 cm
24 1/8 x 24 1/8 x 24 1/8 in
‘(Black Cube) could be read as an end point – of representation and of art itself. But in fact, this simple form was to be an unimaginably protean beginning, creating...
‘(Black Cube) could be read as an end point – of representation and of art itself. But in fact, this simple form was to be an unimaginably protean beginning, creating a paradigm that continues to resonate with artists around the world. Progenitor of geometric abstraction, its legacy is aesthetic and political, giving form to the utopian aspirations of modernism.”
Rasheed Araeen, 2018
Rasheed Araeen, 2018