Pacific Lagoon

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Title

Pacific Lagoon

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). First shown in John Drawbridge’s solo exhibition at the Redfern Gallery, London, in 1963, Pacific lagoon offers a sweeping, audacious embrace of a far-off oceanic environment. Painted in a cold London studio, the work harks back to the artist’s upbringing by the Tasman Sea and Cook Strait, while also reflecting his first-hand encounter with abstract painting in British and European galleries. With its deftly ...

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Image

Date created

1962

Creator

John Drawbridge

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1439060

Related subjects

Pacific Ocean / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / oil painting / colour-field / Abstract / London

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