Pathology

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Title

Pathology

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). In Luise Fong’s paintings many things are held in tension. First, there is her use of the diptych format: two painted panels — often very different — which we are forced to view as one. Then there is the tension of materiality: Fong’s habit of piercing her panels to disrupt the illusion of solidity. Finally, there is the tension of size: Fong plays off the microcosm with the macrocosm, so that the viewer of h...

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Image

Date created

1993

Creator

Luise Fong

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/637246

Related subjects

ink / gouache / acrylic paint / enamel paint / boards / paintings / Auckland

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