Cellular Disorder 10

Paul Sharits American

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Sharits’s earlier experiments with flicker films—in which rapidly alternating black, white, or colored frames appear to pulse on screen—informed this hallucinatory yet diagrammatic drawing. Cellular Disorder 10 is designed to conduct spectral analysis by diffracting light into systems of densely packed multicolored lines. Due to the interplay between warm and cool colors, this drawing produces unpredictable patterns that seem to vibrate frenetically.

Cellular Disorder 10, Paul Sharits (American, Denver, Colorado 1943–1993 Buffalo, New York), Ink marker on paper

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