Stanley Whitney Jorg Heiser colloquial writings speak to a

colloquial writings speak to a seemingly shared extinguished faith

from the graffiti he and Al Diaz created as SAMO© to his role as the renowned creator of highly gestural canvases that merged the rawness of New York street culture with his polyvocal use of words and images

and linseed oil to layer images over surfaces already dense with photographs and text

Twombly made his sculptures from found materials such as plaster

his upbringing

Stanley Whitney Jorg Heiser colloquial writings speak to aThis first comprehensive monograph on Stanley Whitney offers an in depth look at the artists unique and intuitive approach to color and space in painting, which employs a dynamic fusion of preordained structure and improvisation. Deriving inspiration from sources as diverse as Sandro Botticelli and Piet Mondrian, free jazz and American quilt making, Whitney composes in varying scales with vibrant blocks and bars that articulate a chromatic call and