Agnes Martin: Night Sea
<p>Agnes Martin’s <em>Night Sea</em> (1963) is a large canvas of hand-drawn rectangular grids painted in luminous blue and gold. In this illustrated study, Suzanne Hudson presents the painting as the work of an artist, thinker, poet and writer, for whom self-presentation was a necessary part of making works public.</p> <p>With Night Sea, Hudson argues, Martin was moving from visible labour to lightness unburdened by evidence of process. She created a shimmering realisation of control and loss that stands alone within her suite of classic grid paintings as an exceptional achievement.</p>
Authors: Suzanne Hudson
Artists: Agnes Martin
Editors: Caroline Woodley, Mark Lewis
Copy Editor: Deirdre O’Dwyer
Part of: One Work
ISBN: 9781846381737