Susan Rothenberg: The Horse Paintings: 1974–1980 Work on paper tradition and radical innovation

tradition and radical innovation

It contextualized Whitney’s practice in relation to both his artistic community and his influences—from the history of art and architecture to quilting

and black of the artist’s second wife and muse

while the gold canvases—with their stains

an essay by film historian Peter Wollen

Susan Rothenberg: The Horse Paintings: 1974–1980 Work on paper tradition and radical innovationThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Susan Rothenberg: The Horse Paintings: 19741980 at Gagosians former gallery on West 23rd Street in New York. Silhouettes of horses painted in profile are Rothenbergs most famous motif, a paring down of the animal to its most essential totemic form. Painted in gestural brushstrokes of acrylic, tempera, and Flashe, these expansive works fuse abstraction and representation, heralding a return to