Brice Marden
The Pavilions, Room 10
The five-panel painting Moss Sutra with the Seasons, 2010–2015, brings together signature stylistic elements bookending Brice Marden’s (b. 1938, d. 2023) career: two monochromes with complex, layered palettes flank each side of a large central panel which features fluid, calligraphic gestures against a subtly oscillating ground. Each of these monochromatic panels is inspired by a season, beginning at the left with the yellow of springtime and ending on the right with the blue-black of winter. Other wide-ranging influences on the painting include the artist’s long-standing fascination with moss, a Chinese sutra that the artist came upon by chance, and the form and tone of medieval and Renaissance multipanel altarpieces. This piece was commissioned for Glenstone and is housed in a skylighted space designed in collaboration with the artist.
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Brice Marden
Moss Sutra with the Seasons, 2010-2015
On View Marden 2010Moss Sutra with the Seasons, 2010-2015
oil on linen
108 x 468 inches (274 x 1189 cm) overall
© 2018 Brice Marden / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photo: Ron Amstutz
On View Ron Amstutz Brice Marden https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MARDb_GF_MossSutra_Hero-e1537904199630-1105x800.jpg