Untitled

Painting

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

5822

Description

Repeated stamp of classified ads across the canvas with a rosy paint on top.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Context

Chryssa stamped bits of text and graphics taken from cast-off newspaper printing plates onto the canvas in repetitive grid patterns, generating a blurred effect as if of shimmering single colors. By appropriating the basic units of written communication and recognizable formats from mass media, Chryssa constructed images that are familiar enough to provoke attempts at decoding yet are ultimately unreadable. Since the works frustrate the mental process of assigning meaning to words, viewers must appreciate written language as a visual experience rather than as a verbal signifier—if they are to appreciate the paintings at all. - "Monochrome Multitudes, p.200"

Acquisition

Accession

5000.99

Source or Donor

David Husman

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Collection of DePaul University, Gift of Mr. David L. Husman

Made/Created

Artist

Chryssa

Date made

circa 1970

Ethnography

Notes

Greek Europe, Greece North America, United States. born: Greece

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Oil

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image

Width

121.92 cm

Length

15.24 cm

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Monochrome Multitudes