Richard Tuttle (b. 1941) made his name by collapsing the line between painting and sculpture. His first exhibition, ‘Constructed Paintings’ at Betty Parsons Gallery in New York in 1965, included small, irregular pieces of brightly painted plywood, inviting viewers to consider them purely in terms of line, shape and colour. Since then, he has experimented with materials ranging from textiles to metal while remaining true to the simplicity and playfulness of his earliest work. He had a hand in arranging this display at Dia Beacon, which presents two recent series (from 31 July). One is 18 x 24 (2022–23), an assemblage of abstract, glyph-like forms carved from painted Styrofoam and derived from drawings of single words on paper. The other is Good Idea (2025), a series of sculptures made of everyday materials that take up space on the wall and the floor – much like the minimalist art that influenced Tuttle in the early ’60s.
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