MCA – Collection: Howardena Pindell, Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared), 1978

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A primarily beige-looking canvas is actually composed of many small dots of light blues, pinks, oranges, and purples. — Howardena Pindell, American, b. 1943
Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared), 1978
Mixed media on canvas
86 × 110 in. (218.4 × 279.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Albert A. Robin by exchange, 2014.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

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Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be SeenSat, Feb 24, 2018–Sun, May 20, 2018
1. Short An oval composition consists of numerous colorful circles that overlap and jut out in different directions from a dark background.

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Howardena Pindell, Carnival: Rio Samba School, Brazil, 2018–19
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Howardena Pindell, Rambo Real Estate: Homelessness, 1987
1. Short A collage in the pentagon shape of a simple house is made of old yellowed newspapers. On top of the complex patterns of words is the word HOMELESSNESS in white letters in the center.
2. Short A collage of real estate listings from old newspapers forms the crude shape of a simple house. The news clippings, which are black ink on manilla paper, are combined in a way that the lines of text form complex stochastic patterns. In the center of the collage is the word: HOMELESSNESS in white letters.
Howardena Pindell, Free, White and 21, 1980
1. Short A person wraps their head and face in a wide white bandage.
Howardena Pindell, Video Drawings: Abstract, 1976
Howardena Pindell, Video Drawings: Hockey, 1975
Howardena Pindell, Video Drawings: Swimming, 1975
1. Short A grainy image of an outstretched person is seen in profile against a blue background and covered with numbered black arrows and dots in a seemingly random arrangement.
2. Short A grainy image of an outstretched person is seen in profile against a blue background and covered with numbered black arrows and dots in a seemingly random arrangement.
3. Short A grainy image of an outstretched person is seen in profile against a blue background and covered with numbered black arrows and dots in a seemingly random arrangement.