John Golding
Untitled
About this artwork
In the early 1960s, Golding moved away from figurative painting. This is one of his earliest abstract works, though Golding sees it as a continuation of the earlier, representational style. It is clearly ‘about’ something – forms, colours, overlapping and texture – but the identity of the form is no longer clear cut. Golding has stated: "I realised that in my work I was somewhat desperately trying to find a compromise between a male and a female body… When I realised what I was doing I turned my back on this because I am not interested in art as self-discovery or as therapy. Hence, probably, the move to a 'purer', hard-edged art."
Updated before 2020
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artist:John Golding (1929 - 2012) English
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title:Untitled
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date created:1965
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materials:Acrylic on canvas
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measurements:Canvas: 142.50 x 188.00 cm; Framed: 142.80 x 188.80 x 2.40 cm
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credit line:Presented by Polly Toynbee, Rupert and Bruno Wolheim in memory of their mother Mrs Anne Wolheim, 2005
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accession number:GMA 4783
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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