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Luchita Hurtado Untitled, c. 1970s Oil on canvas, 18 × 26 in.; 19¼ × 27¼ in. framed Courtesy the Estate of Luchita Hurtado and Hauser & Wirth
Part of the artist’s Sky Skins series, this work is inspired by the landscape of Taos, New Mexico, where the artist spent her summers during the 1960s and ’70s. Reminiscent of a stretched animal hide, it functions as a frame- within-a-frame through the repetition of the mountain range motif on all sides. Hurtado is particularly adept at referencing the presence of the body from unconventional perspectives. Here, the allover orientation of the composition—viewable from any angle—suggests the vista of someone lying down and looking upward. —HJ
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