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.

Exhibition Preview

    • Moss Sutra with the Seasons
      Brice Marden
      Moss Sutra with the Seasons, 2010-2015
      On View Marden 2010
      Moss 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
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    Publications

    Brice Marden (2018)

    Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Suzanne Hudson. Interview of Brice Marden.

    Throughout his career, American artist Brice Marden (born 1938) has explored various modes of painterly abstraction, producing monochrome canvases in nuanced hues as well as calligraphic compositions on a grand scale. This catalogue marks the long-term exhibition of Moss Sutra with the Seasons, 2010–2015, at Glenstone, a monumental five-panel painting commissioned by Glenstone and inspired by the artist’s fascination with moss and traditional Chinese calligraphy, among other subjects. Brice Marden includes two original essays by art historian Suzanne Hudson, an interview with the artist, and a photo-essay by the artist’s daughter, Mirabelle Marden, who documented the process of creating the work. Also included are reproductions of all additional works by the artist in the collection, a group which spans each decade of the artist’s career.

    Publisher: Glenstone Museum
    ISBN: 9780980108682
    Publication date: 2018
    Page count: 114

    $50.00

    Purchase Catalog
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    • A gray book with a thick gold band at the bottom. It reads
    • A book sits on a white surface, and it is open to a full-page spread photograph of Brice Marden's Studio. Pigments and paints and photographs sit on the table.
    A gray book with a thick gold band at the bottom. It reads "Brice Marden" at the top.
    A gray book with a thick gold band at the bottom. It reads