Red Square

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Title

Red Square

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Red square, with its simple shapes and blocks of colour, illustrates a dramatic shift in Ralph Hotere’s practice, from an expressive style to geometric abstraction. Hotere was the first Māori artist to be fully recognised by New Zealand’s art mainstream. In 1961, he earned a fellowship to study in London, and then another to travel to France, where he immersed himself in modern European art. The experience was a pivotal one. The shapes and words that Hotere has used in this and other works o...

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Format

Image

Date created

1965

Creator

Ralph Hotere

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/724408

Related subjects

acrylic paint / paper / works on paper / Europe

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