Dimensions: support: 1223 x 2275 x 35 mm
Copyright: © estate of Victor Pasmore / DACS 2014 | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is Victor Pasmore's "Space, Time and Four Dimensions," currently in the Tate collection. It's quite a large piece and the abstract shapes give it a playful, almost whimsical feel despite its size. What do you make of it? Curator: Considering Pasmore's engagement with Constructivism, this work challenges our expectations of pictorial space. How does this abstraction relate to the socio-political context of post-war Britain, where artists grappled with representing a transformed world? Editor: I guess I hadn't considered that it could be about representing change. It feels very optimistic to me. Curator: Optimism, yes, but also a questioning of established norms. Think about the role of institutions like the Tate in shaping public understanding of modern art and its power to reimagine the future. This artwork challenges the viewer to embrace this new visual language. Editor: That’s fascinating. It’s made me rethink my initial reaction. Curator: Exactly! Art's public role is to push boundaries and provoke reflection on the forces that shape our perception.
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Space, Time and Four Dimensions is a large, horizontally oriented abstract painting on a rectangular plywood board by the British artist Victor Pasmore. The board is mostly painted white, with the grain of the wood showing through the surface. It features a loose composition consisting of black lines, some of which are thick and solid and others thin and scratchy, circular forms in blue, green and black, and diffuse dark blue patches that roughly comprise two rounded, arrow-like forms pointing towards one another. The composition runs broadly horizontally across the painting’s centre, although two thick black lines, each with a shorter line protruding from one side, emerge vertically from the top and bottom edges of the canvas towards its central horizontal axis. Various contrasts can be discerned between the shapes in the painting: for example, solid blocks of colour are juxtaposed with softer tones, and thick, smooth lines contrast with thin, uneven ones. In places the thin, meandering black lines connect other shapes in the composition together, and a cluster of these in the left part of the painting forms the letters ‘VP’. The work is mounted in a grey hardboard frame that has a plastic glaze.
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