Allan McCollum: Constructed Painting
In this project, students will reference the system of patterns and textures in artist Allan McCollum’s “Constructed Paintings” to make their own artworks.
Since the late 1960s, artist and sculptor Allan McCollum has created works that examine the art object’s relationship to uniqueness, context, and value, and explores the idea of the collection to reveal how we remember, care for, and privilege various material artifacts.
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Recommended Reading for Ages 4-7:
Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue, and Vikas Adam. Same, Same, but Different. Weston Woods, 2015.Recommended Reading for Ages 4-6:
Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots. Mulberry Paperback Book, 1994.
Allan McCollum Artwork
Allan McCollum, Over Ten Thousand Individual Works, 1987/1991. Enamel on hydrocal, dimensions variable. Museum of Modern Art, New York, Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds. Image courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York. Photo: Larry Lamay.
Allan McCollum, If Love Had Wings: A Perpetual Canon, 1972. Canvas, lacquer stain, varnish, silicone adhesive caulking. Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York. Photo: Jason Mandella.
Allan McCollum, The Shapes Project: Shapes Monoprints, detail, 2005/2006. 7,056 framed digital prints. Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York. Photo: Larry Lamay.
Allan McCollum, Over Ten Thousand Individual Works, 1987/1991. Enamel on hydrocal, dimensions variable. Museum of Modern Art, New York, Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds. Image courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York. Photo: Larry Lamay.
Allan McCollum, Deep Connections, 1973. Canvas, silicone adhesive, acrylic paint, 45 1/2 x 243 in. Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York. Photo: Jason Mandella
Installation view: Allan McCollum, "The Shapes Project," Petzel Gallery, New York, 2006. Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York. Photo: Larry Lamay.