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Paul Mogensen, no title, 2021
Paul Mogensen, no title, 2021
The enigma of Paul Mogensen's compositions derives from his engagement with the abstract science of mathematics. Though often associated with his minimalist contemporaries of the 1960s and 70s, the New York-based artist's work defies categorization. 
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Paul Mogensen in conversation with Dan Gratz - The Brooklyn Rail
Biography
Photo by Kirsty Mogensen
Photo by Kirsty Mogensen

Using the principle of arithmetic progression as a generative, compositional device, Paul Mogensen's works are created through a sequence of consecutive forms based on a mathematical 'constant' (i.e., n + 1), a principle at the root of harmonics. Born in 1941 in Los Angeles, the artist has been exhibiting since his first exhibition in 1966 at the historic Bykert Gallery. In 1967 he participated in the Bykert Gallery group exhibition that heralded the arrival of the Minimalist aesthetic: Paul Mogensen, Carl Andre, Brice Marden, Robert Mangold, Agnes Martin, and David Novros. His work has since been exhibited and collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, among many others.

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Works
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2022
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2022
    prussian blue and cadmium deep red oil paint on canvas
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2022
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2022
    titanium white and cadmium red water-based Farro and Ball on canvas
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2022
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2022
    prussian Blue oil and Ultramarine in stand oil on canvas
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2022
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2022
    ultramarine in stand oil with oil color scape on canvas
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2022
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2022
    cadmium orange stand oil and Alizarin Crimson acrylic wash
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2021
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2021
    Ultramarine blue stand oil and cadmium red oil paint on canvas
    61 x 61 cm
    24 x 24 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2021
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2021
    Cadmium red in oil paint, stand oil, and green oil on canvas
    61 x 61 cm
    24 x 24 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2021
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2021
    cadmium orange in stand oil and ivory black gouache
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2021
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2021
    cadmium orange in stand oil and ivory black gouache
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2020
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2020
    cadmium orange in stand oil on canvas
    200.66 x 201.63 cm
    79 x 79 3/8 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2020
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2020
    cadmium red stand oil and ultramarine oil
    199 x 204.5 cm
    78 3/8 x 80 1/2 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2020
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2020
    sat green oil and carmine pink ink
    183 x 183 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2019
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2019
    ink and stand oil on canvas
    152.4 x 152.4 cm
    60 x 60 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2018
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2018
    oil and gouache on canvas
    152.4 x 152.4 cm
    60 x 60 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title (cadmium red on ivory black, twelve square progression), 2018
    Paul Mogensen
    no title (cadmium red on ivory black, twelve square progression), 2018
    ivory black gouache and cadmium red stand oil on canvas
    152.4 x 152.4 cm
    60 x 60 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2018
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2018
    oil on canvas
    182.9 x 182.9 cm
    72 x 72 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 2018
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 2018
    oil and acrylic on panel
    28.6 x 28.6 cm
    11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title (Cadmium Yellow and Maganese Violet), 2017
    Paul Mogensen
    no title (Cadmium Yellow and Maganese Violet), 2017
    oil and stand oil on canvas
    243.8 x 243.8 cm
    96 x 96 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title (Cadmium Red Medium and Ultramarine Blue), 2017
    Paul Mogensen
    no title (Cadmium Red Medium and Ultramarine Blue), 2017
    oil and stand oil on canvas
    243.8 x 243.8 cm
    96 x 96 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title (Thalo blue and White), 2016
    Paul Mogensen
    no title (Thalo blue and White), 2016
    oil and stand oil on panel
    60.96 x 60.96 cm
    24 x 24 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title (Single Spiral), 1978
    Paul Mogensen
    no title (Single Spiral), 1978
    oil on canvas
    ø 91.4 cm, 36 in
  • Paul Mogensen, Untitled (Double spiral/Contemporary on Ultramarine), 1978
    Paul Mogensen
    Untitled (Double spiral/Contemporary on Ultramarine), 1978
    oil on canvas
    diameter : 183 cm / 72 inches
  • Paul Mogensen, no title (Double spirals), 1977-78
    Paul Mogensen
    no title (Double spirals), 1977-78
    oil on canvas
    121.9 x 121.9 cm
    48 x 48 in
  • Paul Mogensen, no title, 1976
    Paul Mogensen
    no title, 1976
    oil on canvas
    diameter : 183 cm / 72 inches
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