the American cowboy has given rise to some of Prince’s most celebrated works
The catalogue reproduces a selection of the titular works—most of which were painted in synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas—alongside source material taken from popular print media
its flowing surface creating twisted shapes and shadows over the red and white stripes
In 2012 Gagosian exhibited over three hundred Spot paintings across eleven gallery spaces worldwide
The series adheres to some of the formal rules established for the Spot paintings: no single color is ever repeated in a painting
Richard Serra: Junction / Cycle Black-and-white the American cowboy has givenThis poster featuring Junction (2011) was produced in 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Richard Serra: Junction Cycle at Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York. A black and white photograph, taken by Lorenz Kienzle, shows a detail of the large scale curving weatherproof steel sculpture, which was on view with Cycle (2010). Both monumental works elaborate on Serras singular formal syntax, which saw him treat space as a material made distinct