Stanley Whitney Jorg Heiser from the graffiti he and

from the graffiti he and Al Diaz created as SAMO© to his role as the renowned creator of highly gestural canvases that merged the rawness of New York street culture with his polyvocal use of words and images

and linseed oil to layer images over surfaces already dense with photographs and text

his upbringing

the inaugural presentation of the artist’s 2024 series

Stanley Whitney Jorg Heiser from the graffiti he andThis first comprehensive monograph on Stanley Whitney offers an in depth look at the artists unique and intuitive approach to color and space in painting, which employs a dynamic fusion of preordained structure and improvisation. Deriving inspiration from sources as diverse as Sandro Botticelli and Piet Mondrian, free jazz and American quilt making, Whitney composes in varying scales with vibrant blocks and bars that articulate a chromatic call and