The Kiss

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Title

The Kiss

Content partner

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Collection

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Description

gesso, water gilded silver and lacquer on wood panel 1016 x 1016 mm - The gorgeous silver-leaf surface of The Kiss reflects light but also seems to soak it in. Like a gilded icon it has a strong physical presence. Max Gimblett says this mirror surface is ‘about including the viewer in the painting’. Gimblett began experimenting with metallic pi...

Format

Image

Date created

1991

Creator

Max Gimblett

URL

https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/7789

Related subjects

abstraction / circles (plane figures) / concentric / Painting

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