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Adam Pendleton, Black Dada (A)

Adam PendletonBlack Dada (A), 2025–2026

silkscreen ink and black gesso on canvas

diptych, overall: 60 x 47 1/2 in

About the artist

Adam Pendleton , a central figure in contemporary American art, is known for paintings that have redefined the boundaries of abstraction. Upending linear compositional logic, Pendleton’s paintings are created through a distilled layering of gesture, fragment, and form. Each painting comes to life through its expressionistic flourishes, stark contrasts, and subtle use of material, tone, and finish, combined with a precision reminiscent of minimal and conceptual art. In 2008, he began to define his working method as Black Dada, a critical framework for exploring the relationship between Blackness, abstraction, and the historical avant-gardes—for which he is now widely recognized.

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