Ron Left b. 1948
Works
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Ron LeftLimen Series No.1, 2026Acrylic on plywood124 x 124 cm (framed)
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Ron LeftLimen Series No.2, 2026Acrylic on plywood124 x 124 cm (framed)
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Ron LeftLimen Series No.3, 2026Acrylic on plywood124 x 124 cm (framed)
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Ron LeftLimen Series No.5, 2026Acrylic on plywood124 x 124 cm (framed)
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Ron LeftLimen Series No.4, 2026Acrylic on plywood124 x 124 cm (framed)
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 12, 2020Acrylic on canvas76 x 76 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 2, 2020Acrylic on plywood120 x 60 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 4, 2020Acrylic on plywood93.7 x 63.7 cm
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Ron LeftFenestra No. 8, 2020Acrylic on plywood120 x 79.7 cm
Biography
Ron Left at exhibition Opening - ARTIS Gallery
After many years of involvement in Art and Design at AUT, and completing a PhD in 2016, Ron Left has returned to full-time painting.
Following a succession of exhibitions at Petar James Gallery, Gallery Data and Artis Gallery in the 1970s and 80s, he focussed on collaborative and group shows in NZ and Australia. These recent works explore new ways of re-inventing abstraction, including the use of photographic images. Ron has recently built a large studio and workshop overlooking the Manukau Harbour.
“Photographic and painting processes are not merely juxtaposed but develop a dynamic between the two (and between image and surface) so that they start to define and re-define each other.The photographic image begins to look like drawing or painting, and the abstract surfaces and surface marks and visual noise are intimately connected to an actual presence. The photographic image becomes gestural and abstract and there is a flow between these disciplines."
Ron Left
Ron has works held in significant private and public collections both within New Zealand and internationally including Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tāmaki and the Fletcher Trust Collection.
Exhibitions
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Ron Left
The Limen Series 25 May - 5 June 2026Occasionally, at twilight-when day gives way to night-the world seems to glow with an inner light. Blues and greens intensify, hovering in that threshold between light and dark. It is...Read more -
Ron Left
Shadow Series 11 - 24 June 2019The Shadow Series , and closely related Escalator Series, are part of an on-going commitment to the reinvention of abstraction. Although the works are connected to and informed by modernist...Read more
