A.R. SHAPE #11, 2010
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse; approx. 39.5 ins x 26 ins; 100.3 cms x 66 cms
made in 2010
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Line and Colour in Contemporary Art" held on Thu, Oct 29, 2020.
Lot 27
Lot 27
Estimate: CAD $6,000 - $8,000
Realised: CAD $15,660
Realised: CAD $15,660
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature:
Roald Nasgaard, Abstract Painting in Canada, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., Vancouver, 2007, page 377.
Notes:
Angela Leach's "A.R. Shape #11Á is a vibrant example of how the elements of line and colour are manipulated to alter viewer perception. Inspired by the Op art movement of the 1960s and quite certainly by her early work as a weaver and work in textile design, Leach applied her 32-colour palette to a shaped structure with vertical bands of alternating colour running the length of the form and tapering in width at varying points. Subtle value changes within each arcing line of warm and cool colours accentuate the optical effects of depth and movement resulting in the illusion of rippling fabric; the flat surface plane appears three-dimensional. Summarizing Leach's "Abstract RepeatÁ series in "Abstract Painting in Canada,Á Roald Nasgaard said, "[Leach's] small abstract paintings dazzlingly juxtapose stripes of patterns of colour, closely packed and often sporting themselves in distorted, undulating waves that dizzyingly flow in and out of pictorial space, performing spatial swoops.Á
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature:
Roald Nasgaard, Abstract Painting in Canada, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., Vancouver, 2007, page 377.
Notes:
Angela Leach's "A.R. Shape #11Á is a vibrant example of how the elements of line and colour are manipulated to alter viewer perception. Inspired by the Op art movement of the 1960s and quite certainly by her early work as a weaver and work in textile design, Leach applied her 32-colour palette to a shaped structure with vertical bands of alternating colour running the length of the form and tapering in width at varying points. Subtle value changes within each arcing line of warm and cool colours accentuate the optical effects of depth and movement resulting in the illusion of rippling fabric; the flat surface plane appears three-dimensional. Summarizing Leach's "Abstract RepeatÁ series in "Abstract Painting in Canada,Á Roald Nasgaard said, "[Leach's] small abstract paintings dazzlingly juxtapose stripes of patterns of colour, closely packed and often sporting themselves in distorted, undulating waves that dizzyingly flow in and out of pictorial space, performing spatial swoops.Á
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