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The Architect of the Surrogate: The Visionary World of Allan McCollum In the vast, often overwhelming landscape of contemporary art, few figures command attention through such quiet, subversive power as Allan McCollum. Born on August 4, 1944, in Los Angeles, McCollum’s artistic journey is not …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from allan mccollum's own colours

Every 3 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers