Ruby Listening to David Parkyn
Alan Taylor, Artist
This is one of the
paintings
in our collection.
It was made in circa 1982. The place where it was made is unknown.
About the Work
"Between
the
late
70s
and
early
80s
me
and
my
partner
the
artist
Sally
Griffin
used
to
visit
Alan
regularly.
The
talk
would
go
on
for
hours.
He
had
a
wicked
sense
of
humour
before
midnight
and
fierce
insights
after.
In
his
bare
sparse
rooms
(an
old
house
on
Ponsonby
Rd
broken
into
flats,
a
hotel
rooming
house
in
Victoria
St,
a
flat
above
a
shop
in
Dominion
Rd)
he
would
pull
from
a
cupboard
amazing
paintings,
their
vivid
colours
contrasting
with
his
much
plainer
surroundings.
As
regards
'Ruby',
I
don't
recall
that
painting
but
do
remember
visiting
him
and
bringing
my
guitar
after
an
Artists
Against
Apartheid
concert
at
the
Mercury
Theatre
(sometime
in
July
81).
I
had
sung
a
particularly
incendiary
song
of
mine
'Burn'
and
we
joked
how
it
could
never
be
played
on
the
radio.
Perhaps
that
inspired
Alan
in
one
of
his
midnight
to
dawn
painting
'shifts'
to
produce
the
one
you
have
at
the
Sarjeant."
- David Parkyn, September 2020
- David Parkyn, September 2020
Measurements
306 x 226mm
Media
oil on canvas
Description
Woman in red next to a radio and surrounded by text and snake forms. The title of the painting is on the left in blue paint and in red paint at the right is 'RADIO HAURAKI'
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of the artist, 1984.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
Oct 1984