The Double

A groundbreaking examination of the ¿double¿ in modern and contemporary art

From ancient mythology to contemporary cinema, the motif of the double¿which repeats, duplicates, mirrors, inverts, splits, and reenacts¿has captured our imaginations, both attracting and repelling us. The Double examines this essential concept through the lens of art, from modernism to contemporary practice¿from the paired paintings of Henri Matisse and Arshile Gorky, to the double line works of Piet Mondrian and Marlow Moss, to Eva Hesse¿s One More Than One, Lorna Simpson¿s Two Necklines, Roni Horn¿s Pair Objects, and Rashid Johnson¿s The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett). James Meyer¿s survey text explores four modes of doubling: Seeing Double through repetition; Reversal, the inversion or mirroring of an image or form; Dilemma, the staging of an absurd or impossible choice; and the Divided and Doubled Self (split and shadowed selves, per