Susan Rothenberg: The Horse Paintings: 1974–1980 Work on paper Paik’s own philosophical “Thoughts at

Paik’s own philosophical “Thoughts at Age Fifty-nine” is also featured

and eighteen drawings in the exhibition

presenting a kind of visual entropy rooted in the urban environment

It contextualized Whitney’s practice in relation to both his artistic community and his influences—from the history of art and architecture to quilting

and black of the artist’s second wife and muse

Susan Rothenberg: The Horse Paintings: 1974–1980 Work on paper Paik’s own philosophical “Thoughts atThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Susan Rothenberg: The Horse Paintings: 19741980 at Gagosians former gallery on West 23rd Street in New York. Silhouettes of horses painted in profile are Rothenbergs most famous motif, a paring down of the animal to its most essential totemic form. Painted in gestural brushstrokes of acrylic, tempera, and Flashe, these expansive works fuse abstraction and representation, heralding a return to