Shiva

1965

USCO

Associated Names
USCO

Artist, American, active c. 1964 - 1968

This painting shows radiating pink lines against a bright yellow background. The lines extend outward from the center, where there are three overlapping shapes. The largest is the green silhouette of a standing person, their feet together and their arms bent and raised. This green silhouette takes up a large amount of the painting. Overlapping with this silhouette is the white outline of a figure seated in a meditation posture. This figure has large, extended earlobes and a dot on their forehead, and their hair is in a knot on the top of their head. This outline overlaps with the torso and upper thighs of the green silhouette. The final shape at the center is a bright yellow circle with a purple flower in the middle with four pink roses around it. This circle overlaps with the torso of the meditating figure and the waist of the green silhouette.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E404


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    paint on canvas, electric lights

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 274.32 × 274.32 cm (108 × 108 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.9.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artists; (Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH); purchased 2023 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2024

  • Rozanski, Paige. "We Are All One: In the Company of USCO." New York History 106.2 (Winter 2024-2025): 263.


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