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Acrylic Paint
Acrylic paint — pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion — dries quickly to a water-resistant finish and can be thinned with water or medium. Introduced commercially in the 1950s, it became the dominant alternative to oil paint for contemporary painters working in flat color, mixed media, and large-scale formats.
Artists who use this(18)
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Used for canvas/studio work. "It also got me back to the acrylic again." Does not spray paint on canvas.
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Medium listed as "ink and acrylic on canvas" across works at Marian Goodman Gallery, MoMA, and the Whitney.
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Works listed as "acrylic on canvas mounted on board" (MoMA) and "acrylic, platinum leaf, and gold leaf on canvas" (The Broad). Acrylic is his primary painting medium.
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Primary painting medium is acrylic paint — uses jars of acrylic. Built an entire technique around flat fields of bright color and figurative form on unstretched canvas. Uses three shades of black (carbon, mars, ivory). Specific acrylic brand not publicly documented.
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Switched to acrylic exclusively after 1974, applied as diluted washes over white gesso-primed linen
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Applied matte acrylics for backgrounds to contrast with varnished oil figures; learned the medium from a friend in Detroit
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Paints with kinetic intensity on canvas and found objects including cigarette cartons, cereal boxes, and suitcases
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Works in acrylic alongside oil on canvas and linen; also uses acrylic on paper
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Primary medium across nearly all works; paints on canvas, linen, found wood, ceramic, and metal
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Applies acrylic with rollers in multiple thin layers on Rives BFK paper; incorporates acetone photo transfers, marble dust, glass beads, and fabric collage
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Combined acrylic with oil paint on top; early work used Day-Glo fluorescent paint from a Mexican company called Polytech
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Acrylic listed among his painting materials by Gagosian Gallery.
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Primary painting medium. Applied thinly in washes, building translucent layers.
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