Hegemann Wedge
Hegemann Wedge, 1971, Ed Moses. Powdered pigment, acrylic, and resin on canvas. 96 x 82 in. Collection of Phyllis & John Kleinberg. Image courtesy of and © Ed Moses
On View at the Getty Center: Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970
Hegemann Wedge is one of a group of works that Ed Moses produced in the early 1970s using polyester resin poured onto canvas. Moses added colored bands to the canvas using snap lines, before laying the canvas on a horizontal table and pouring liquid resin over the top of it. As the resin cured and dried, it formed a semi-translucent frame around the edge of the canvas. The diagonal weave pattern in this work was inspired in part by the Navajo blankets illustrated in a book given to him by artist Tony Berlant. The resin paintings were also, Moses explains, “a sort of thumb to the plastic scene.” At a time when many of his peers were making immaculately polished polyester works, the uneven surfaces and ragged edges of Hegemann Wedge, and the imperfections caused by pooling and seeping resin, point to Moses’s interest in process rather than finished product.
Exhibition audio: Ed Moses talks about his work.
Works of Art
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Dalton's Waffle #1, 1960, Ed Moses. Crushed newspaper, shellac, and wood. 39 1/2 x 34 3/4 in. Collection of Jim Newman & Jane Ivory. Image courtesy of and © Ed Moses
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Video: Peter Alexander speaks about his work, May 2010
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Video: Ed Moses speaks about his work, November 2009
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Poster for Ed Moses exhibition at Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, 1969. Courtesy Mizuno Gallery. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Michael Asher , 2009.M.30
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Ed Moses, ca. 1966. Image courtesy of Ed Moses. Photo by John Waggaman
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A resin painting by Ed Moses in an exhibition at Billy Al Bengston’s Artist Studio, 1970. © Ed Moses. Photo by Billy Al Bengston. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston Art
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Poster for The Studs group exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, 1964. Image courtesy of Hal Glicksman
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Ed Moses with his installation at Mizuno Gallery, 1970. Image courtesy of and © Billy Al Bengston
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Ed Moses working on a resin painting on the floor of his studio in the early 1970s. Image courtesy of Ed Moses
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Ed Moses painting on the floor of his studio, ca. 1955. Image courtesy of Ed Moses
