Untitled 1958

Here's an untitled artwork by Robert Goodnough, made with paint – of course! – sometime during his lifetime. It's a wild party of color and texture, right? The way he's built up these thick, chunky areas of white paint, almost like he's frosting a very abstract cake, is super cool. It's all about the process, the doing, the messing around. Look at how the drips of red and black paint cascade down from that central white mass, it’s so visceral. You can practically feel the physicality of the paint, the weight and movement of it. The surface isn’t just flat, it’s got this incredible topography. The blue around the edge peeks through adding an atmosphere that contains the action. Goodnough’s work reminds me a little of Joan Mitchell – same kind of energy, that sense of paint being alive and kicking. But he’s got his own thing going on too. I love how it's not trying to tell you what to think, but inviting you to feel instead.