Repetition - Violet/Grey
Artist
Callum Innes
(Edinburgh, Scotland, born 1962)
Date1995
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 175 cm, Width: 165 cm, Depth: 4.5 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1996 by the Contemporary Art Society.
Copyright© Callum Innes
LocationOn Display - Gallery 17
Object numberABDAG011802
Keywords
Characteristically, his works are cool, geometric abstracts, which are created through a process of what has been described as 'unpainting'. Starting with a minimalist canvas painted in one colour, paint is removed with washes of turpentine. Innes describes this working method as deliberately accidental - he determines what is going to happen but the picture changes in the making.
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