Molly Zuckerman-Hartung
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung is an American painter whose abstractions combine commercial paints with cut fabric, sewn supports, paper, and studio materials.
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Alicia McCarthy
Alicia McCarthy is an American painter associated with San Francisco’s Mission School, using house paint, spray paint, and gouache on found supports.
Alicia McCarthy quick facts
Alicia McCarthy layers house paint, spray paint, and gouache with found materials, reflecting San Francisco’s collaborative Mission School community.
| Full name | Alicia McCarthy |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 · Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | — |
| Nationality | American |
| Movements | Mission School |
| Paint types | House paint · Latex paint · Spray paint · Gouache |
| Other media | Colored-pencil drawing · installation art |
| Other materials | — |
| Painting surfaces | Wood · Plexiglass · Glass (architectural installations) |
| Painting methods | Drew interlaced bands and repeated lines freehand without taped guides; painted, sprayed, and airbrushed surfaces, including layered architectural glass |
| Common subjects | Interlaced bands, knots, grids, repeated lines, and abstract color relationships |
| Notable works | Untitled (2017) · Untitled (2022) · MMXX |
Sources: SFMOMA: Untitled, SFMOMA artist essay, BAMPFA: Alicia McCarthy and Ruby Neri / MATRIX 270, Berggruen: Alicia McCarthy, Headlands Center for the Arts: 2022 Benefit Art Auction, and SFO Museum: MMXX.
Paint types used by Alicia McCarthy
McCarthy’s wood works combine gouache, house paint, spray paint, and latex, with museum records distinguishing these materials within layered compositions.
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Gouache
SFMOMA records gouache, spray paint, and house paint on wood in McCarthy’s Untitled (2017). The catalog identifies gouache as one of several distinct materials in the same layered work; it does not assign every woven line or color band to gouache alone.
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Spray paint
McCarthy used spray paint in multiple documented works on wood. SFMOMA lists it with gouache and house paint in Untitled (2017), while SFO Museum records spray paint with latex paint, pencil, and crayon in another work of the same year. The records establish spray paint as one material in her mixed-media surfaces.
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Latex paint
SFO Museum catalogs latex paint alongside spray paint, pencil, and crayon on wood in McCarthy’s Untitled (2017). A separate work at SFMOMA uses house paint, but this entry follows the SFO record’s specific “latex paint” identification rather than merging the labels.
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House paint
SFMOMA identifies house paint, gouache, and spray paint on wood in McCarthy’s Untitled (2017). Its artist essay also describes her ongoing use of house paint on wood surfaces. The sources support house paint as a named material in her practice, distinct from the spray and gouache listed for the same work.
Sources: SFMOMA: Untitled (2017), SFO Museum: Untitled (2017), SFMOMA: artist essay.
Painting surfaces used by Alicia McCarthy
Museum records identify found wood panels among McCarthy’s supports; the examples below focus on these surfaces in her layered mixed-media paintings.
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Wood
Museum records document McCarthy’s painted wood panels, including SFMOMA’s mixed-media Untitled (2017) and a separate work held by SFO Museum. SFMOMA describes her continued use of house paint on wood, and KADIST notes her use of found wood panels. These sources support wood as a documented surface in her practice.
Sources: SFMOMA: Untitled, SFMOMA artist essay, BAMPFA: Alicia McCarthy and Ruby Neri / MATRIX 270, Berggruen: Alicia McCarthy, Headlands Center for the Arts: 2022 Benefit Art Auction.
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