Irving Penn - Five Whitney Artists, 2002

Irving Penn - Five Whitney Artists, 2002

The five titans of the American contemporary art, brought together in 2002 by the great photographer Irving Penn. Ellsworth Kelly, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Kenneth Noland. Minimalism, Photorealism, Neo-Dadaism, Color Field and beyond: each one has a fabulous story to tell us.

Kelly: what is the relationship between artwork and author?

Close: is the universe recreated in artwork still the same as before being photographed?

Johns: is the object embedded in artwork still object?

Rauschenberg: is the obvious relationship between objects the only one possible?

Noland: when do shapes and colors become objects claiming their own narrative?

close-up on Ellsworth Kelly

close-up on Chuck Close

close-up on Jasper Johns

close-up on Robert Rauschenberg

close-up on Kenneth Noland

(Contemporary Art)

(American Art and Portraiture)