Depictions of Nothing       Nothing to See       Nothing       Radical Art          


Paintings of absence



      René Magritte




L'Homme au Journal, 1927




Personnage Méditant sur la Folie, 1928


L'Image Parfaite, 1928



Les Charmes dy Paysage, 1929



La Réponse Imprévue, 1933



The Empty Picture Frame, 1937

   



Roy Lichtenstein



"I can see the whole room! ...
and there's nobody in it!", 1961



Stretcher Frame with Cross Bars, 1968



Mirror #1, 1969

   



Domenico Gnoli



Without a Still Life, 1966



Pillow, 1967

   



Others



Roger Raveel:
Een Sacraal Vierkant, 1966



Michael Morris:
The Problem of Nothing, 1966



Philip Guston, 1978



Robert Morris:
Canvas Back, 2003/2004

 



More depictions of absence:

     Roger Raveel: Adventures of the Empty Square (1963-2004)     

     Roy Lichtenstein's Mirrors (1964-1990)    

     Roy Lichtenstein's "Stretcher Frames" (1968)