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Work Type:painting
Date of work:1990
Materials:medium: oil

support: canvas

medium: fabric

Measurements:height: 152.5 cm

width: 203 cm

Style Period:contemporary art
Subject:urban landscape, fabric
Technique:painting
Collection:New Contemporaries
Description:
‘I'm most interested in the garish, kind of kitschy, feel of the work. There's something almost dangerous about the work. Will it work? Will it succeed or not? Just the coming together of the painting and the material used in the outside part, which functions as a frame, but also very much alters the meaning of the inner image (…).’
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Source:Selectors’ comments. “The British Telecom New Contemporaries 1990-91”, exhibition catalogue, Brighton, 1991
Date of source:1991