Jerry Saltz on Wade Guyton’s Brave New Inkjet-Printer Paintbrush -“In 2002, Wade Guyton invented a new paintbrush. Its name was the Epson printer. The rest isn’t art history, but—as seen in the Whitney’s stylish, stately survey of Guyton’s work—his invention marks a step in painting’s evolution and flexibility. Employing Microsoft Word, desktop computers, Adobe Photoshop, bitmapped files, UltraChrome and DuraBrite inkjet on linen, book pages, exhibition invitations, and plywood, Guyton has arrived at something as powerful, albeit more subtle, yet as enticing as Dan Flavin’s fluorescent lights. It’s a technique that implies the operation of almost unknowable forces. Instead of harnessing the pulsing color currents of Flavin’s electricity, Guyton’s flawed beauty and philosophical insight let us glimpse the ghost in the machine.”

Jerry Saltz on Wade Guyton’s Brave New Inkjet-Printer Paintbrush -“In 2002, Wade Guyton invented a new paintbrush. Its name was the Epson printer. The rest isn’t art history, but—as seen in the Whitney’s stylish, stately survey of Guyton’s work—his invention marks a step in painting’s evolution and flexibility. Employing Microsoft Word, desktop computers, Adobe Photoshop, bitmapped files, UltraChrome and DuraBrite inkjet on linen, book pages, exhibition invitations, and plywood, Guyton has arrived at something as powerful, albeit more subtle, yet as enticing as Dan Flavin’s fluorescent lights. It’s a technique that implies the operation of almost unknowable forces. Instead of harnessing the pulsing color currents of Flavin’s electricity, Guyton’s flawed beauty and philosophical insight let us glimpse the ghost in the machine.”

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