Untitled
Matt Pine, Artist
This is one of the
drawings
in our collection.
It was made in 1972. The place where it was made is unknown.
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Object Detail
About the Work
"I’m
drawn
to
yet
another
Matt
Pine
work
for
my
selection
because
of
the
plausible
connections
his
working
drawings
hold
(particularly
ones
like
these
from
the
1970’s),
which
evoke
a
suite
of
watercolour
diagrams
that
I’ve
long
studied
from
Thought
Forms—a
theosophical
text
co-written
by
Annie
Besant
and
C.W
Leadbeater
in
1905.
I
often
resist
drawing
unnecessary
links
between
european
art
historic
material
and
the
underlying
Indigenous
belief
systems
that
tend
to
run
through
practices
such
as
Matt
Pine’s.
However,
this
time
I
feel
compelled
to
pause
and
feel
charmed
by
the
possibility
that
he
might’ve
also
been
reading
theosophical
texts
like
these.
Mainly
because
I’ve
also
found
them
useful
over
my
practice,
to
cite
and
explore
ways
of
looking
at
colour
and
form
since
my
time
at
Blavatsky
Lodge
in
Mumbai.
Thought
Forms
was
particularly
fascinating
because
it
theorises
the
affective
qualities
of
colour,
line
and
form—linking
each
with
intrinsic
qualities
of
human
emotion
that
went
on
to
inspire
movements
of
abstraction
across
the
globe."
-
Areez
Katki
for
the
May
2023
instalment
of
the
'My
Choice'
exhibition
series.
Measurements
558 x 760mm
Media
watercolour
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of the artist
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
1996
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Accession Number:
1996/8/76