John Blackburn & Margaret Lovell: An Unbroken Duality
Past exhibition
Works
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John BlackburnTriptych #1 - Green Cups, 2021Mixed media on canvas board76.5 x 153 cm -
John Blackburn1.30pm, 2020Acrylic & mixed media on canvas board28 x 35.5 cm
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John BlackburnFrom Green to Yellow, 2021Mixed media on canvas board51 x 61 cm
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John BlackburnLockdown 2 and 3, 2020Acrylic & mixed media on canvas board25 x 25 cm
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John BlackburnPINK, 2021Mixed media on canvas board51 x 61 cm
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John BlackburnPink Flag with Sarasota Form, 2021Mixed media on canvas board46.5 x 74 cm
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John BlackburnSage and Grey Forms, 2021Mixed media on canvas board51 x 61 cm
Overview
John Blackburn
Triptych #1 - Green Cups, 2021
Mixed media on canvas board
76.5 x 153 cm
Signed lower right ‘Blackburn 2021
Art is often a barometer of its time, and the fraught conditions of recent years have informed the content and mood of the work of many artists, including that of the two veteran British abstractionists shown in this exhibition. In her adopted country of New Zealand, sculptor Margaret Lovell reacted to global uncertainties with what she came to realise was a subconscious need to simplify, to pare down her forms in a meditative process in which clarity and strength were constant watchwords. In contrast, during sustained periods of lockdown in both Auckland and at his English home, John Blackburn, always a highly physical painter, felt impelled to work with even greater rawness and immediacy. On the face of it then, divergent energies appear to be operating here, though in fact a closer examination reveals that these artists have much in common.
Ian Massey, February 2022
Ian Massey, February 2022
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