Hotness. 'Stanley Whitney: Sketchbook' is Back in Stock!â â â â This 7.5 x 10-inch paperback from @lisson_gallery is a precise facsimile of one of the artistâs @moleskine notebooks, featuring his notes, sketches and color investigations for recent paintings.â â â â A longstanding and beloved icon of contemporary painting in New York, @stanley.whitney â(born 1946) has been exploring the formal possibilities of color within ever-shifting grids of multihued blocks and all-over fields of gestural marks and passages, since the mid-1970s. Whitneyâs works on paper and preparatory sketchbooks are a critical component of his practice, in which he develops his spatial structure and experiments with the placement of color. Whitney has noted: âFor me, drawing is a way to understand where things are in space. I felt that I needed to work on space because I didnât want my color to be decorative. I wanted color to have real intellect.â â â â â Read more via linkinbio.â â â â #stanleywhitney #stanleywhitneynotebook https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVVbMopX7f/?igshid=2418wgg99l0k