Art Theory Text with Types A and B Configuration Diagrams 1943

Curator: Here we have Stuart Davis's "Art Theory Text with Types A and B Configuration Diagrams." Editor: Immediately, I’m struck by the artist’s hand—the directness of the script. It feels very immediate. Curator: Davis is wrestling here with objective standards for art, linking dimensionality to lived experience. We can see his interest in how art interprets and re-presents reality. Editor: The diagrams, the A’s and B’s, feel like blueprints. He’s dissecting art-making, almost like a formula, which is fascinating. The material conditions of thought on paper, right? Curator: Exactly, he's actively constructing a theory about how we experience art. Editor: Seeing this makes me rethink the relationship between concept and execution in his paintings. Curator: Indeed—the intersections of process and conceptualization. Editor: It feels raw, immediate, and unfinished in the best way.