Gary Wragg b. 1946
Still Life with Black Curtain
signed, titled and dated 1968 verso
acrylic on cotton duck
151 x 136 cms (59½ x 53½ ins)
framed: 152.5 x 138.5 cms (60½ x 54½ ins)
framed: 152.5 x 138.5 cms (60½ x 54½ ins)
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Notes from the artist: In 1967, I became interested in Mayan temples and had made some shaped paintings in response. I wanted to include and synthesise the temples’ pyramid structure...
Notes from the artist:
In 1967, I became interested in Mayan temples and had made some shaped paintings in response. I wanted to include and synthesise the temples’ pyramid structure in some still-life paintings, and with contrasting flat and heightened colour, that had a Mediterranean edge.
The Le Reve, late domestic paintings of Matisse, 1943-1947, is a period of his work that has always remained special to me, and which I have revisited in my own work periodically, during the passing decades.
In 1967, I became interested in Mayan temples and had made some shaped paintings in response. I wanted to include and synthesise the temples’ pyramid structure in some still-life paintings, and with contrasting flat and heightened colour, that had a Mediterranean edge.
The Le Reve, late domestic paintings of Matisse, 1943-1947, is a period of his work that has always remained special to me, and which I have revisited in my own work periodically, during the passing decades.
