MCA – Collection: Howardena Pindell, Video Drawings: Abstract, 1976

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Howardena Pindell, American, b. 1943
Video Drawings: Abstract, 1976
Chromogenic print
Framed: 13 ¼ × 16 in. (33.7 × 40.6 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Anixter Art Acquisition Fund, 2016.8
Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

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Howardena Pindell, Rambo Real Estate: Homelessness, 1987
1. Short A collage in the pentagon shape of a simple house is made of old yellowed newspapers. On top of the complex patterns of words is the word HOMELESSNESS in white letters in the center.
2. Short A collage of real estate listings from old newspapers forms the crude shape of a simple house. The news clippings, which are black ink on manilla paper, are combined in a way that the lines of text form complex stochastic patterns. In the center of the collage is the word: HOMELESSNESS in white letters.
Howardena Pindell, Free, White and 21, 1980
Howardena Pindell, Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared), 1978
1. Short A primarily beige-looking canvas is actually composed of many small dots of light blues, pinks, oranges, and purples.
Howardena Pindell, Video Drawings: Hockey, 1975
Howardena Pindell, Video Drawings: Swimming, 1975
1. Short A grainy image of an outstretched person is seen in profile against a blue background and covered with numbered black arrows and dots in a seemingly random arrangement.
2. Short A grainy image of an outstretched person is seen in profile against a blue background and covered with numbered black arrows and dots in a seemingly random arrangement.
3. Short A grainy image of an outstretched person is seen in profile against a blue background and covered with numbered black arrows and dots in a seemingly random arrangement.

Exhibitions

Direct Message: Art, Language, and PowerSat, Oct 26, 2019–Sun, Jan 26, 2020
1. Short Seven black-and-white illustrations hang on a white wall. While some depict what appears to be images of violence, others show mundane objects like a bed, cart, and raft.

Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be SeenSat, Feb 24, 2018–Sun, May 20, 2018
1. Short An oval composition consists of numerous colorful circles that overlap and jut out in different directions from a dark background.

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