Modern
Modern
Alvin D. Loving Jr.
Alvin D. Loving Jr.: Pioneer of Fabric Abstraction Alvin Demar Loving Jr., better known as Al Loving, was an African-American abstract expressionist painter who profoundly impacted the landscape of American art in the late 1960s and 1970s. Born on September 19, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan, Loving’s artistic journey began at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1963 before furthering his studies with an MFA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His formative mentorship under Al Mullen instilled within him a dedication to explori…
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Alvin D. Loving Jr.'s corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Focus a Subject
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Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.