Beautiful Abstract Assemblage by Gene Hedge
Gene Hedge (b. 1928)
Delicate, highly textured assemblage by American artist Gene Hedge, made of found paper collected in the vacant lots of Chicago. Hedge’s beautiful compositions —crafted from newsprint, insulating material, and other rescued detritus— represent an act of artistic alchemy, gesturing at the informality of Abstract Expressionism while honoring and elevating the refuse of the everyday.
Hedge has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Label on back, Milwaukee Art Center.
Very good vintage condition; some fragments of assemblage scattered in bottom of box.
- Origin: United States
- Period: 1962
- Dimensions: 33’’ H x 21’’ W x 3’’ D
- Materials: Found paper, composition board, wood box
- Condition: Very good vintage condition
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Gene Hedge (b. 1928)
Beautiful assemblage by Gene Hedge, whose delicate, textured compositions—made from found paper, insulating material, and other rescued detritus—gesture at the informality of Abstract Expressionism while honoring and elevating the overlooked refuse of the everyday in an act of artistic alchemy. Hedge’s work has been exhibited at MoMA and the Whitney Museum.
Delicate, highly textured assemblage by Gene Hedge, made of found paper collected by the artist on the streets and vacant lots of Chicago. Hedge’s beautiful compositions—made from newsprint, insulating material, and other rescued detritus—represent an act of artistic alchemy, gesturing at the informality of Abstract Expressionism while honoring and elevating the refuse of the everyday. Hedge has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Signed????? Label on back, Milwaukee Art Center.
Found paper, composition board, wood box.
United States, 1962
21’’ W x 3’’ D x 33’’ H
Good vintage condition; some fragments of assemblage scattered in bottom of box.